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    12 shot dead at biggest US army base

    This is some pretty crazy stuff:

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    #2
    Scariest thing about that was when I read the guy's name... prejudices are gonna flare up on that basis alone I would have thought.

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      #3
      Originally posted by Darwock View Post
      Scariest thing about that was when I read the guy's name... prejudices are gonna flare up on that basis alone I would have thought.
      Muhammed?


      Joking! I know it's Hasan.

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        #4
        Yep, this is gonna cause all sorts of racial tensions in the US to flare up.

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          #5
          "It is not clear what motivated him, but reports said the US-born Muslim was unhappy about being sent to Iraq or Afghanistan."

          So he's a nutter? "I think I'll join the army! I don't know who the main enemies are at the moment, but who cares. Guns are cool." Later: "Eh, you want me to do my job? No way. I'll kill you instead"

          Who is this "reports" chappie anyway?

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            #6
            Originally posted by BBC NEWS webiste
            He also said that Maj Hasan had been battling racial harassment because of his "Middle Eastern ethnicity".
            Clearly not a good idea to harass people (racially or otherwise) who have access to high powered fire arms.

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              #7
              "I was confused and just shocked," said Specialist Jerry Richard, 27, who works on the base.
              "Overseas you are ready for it. But here you can't even defend yourself."
              Another Fort Hood soldier told the BBC that the incident could put pressure on Muslim American soldiers.
              "They've taken it hard, due to the fact that it kind of puts a negative light on them and makes people distrust them because everybody is going to look at them [and think]: 'Well, you're probably going to pull something like this'," the soldier said.
              "And it's a sad fact that that will happen."
              Texas Governor Rick Perry ordered all flags in the state to fly at half-mast as a tribute to the victims.

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                #8
                The wierd thing is that he is a a Major and a psychiatrist. You'd think the people who would snap would be a grunt with a poor education.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Brats View Post
                  The wierd thing is that he is a a Major and a psychiatrist. You'd think the people who would snap would be a grunt with a poor education.
                  Where can a psychiatrist turn to if he has problems? Especially if he believes having a mental illness could mean people don't think he could do his job.

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                    #10
                    I blame MW2 - if only they had shipped earlier. Must have pushed him over the edge seeing the French of all people getting it first.

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                      #11
                      Aye i was up at 5am ish and saw this on the news instantly, pretty horrible.

                      Surprised to see the guy was a psychiatrist, abigsmurf, all counsellors etc and psychiatrists (i assume, same thing in usa speak right?) all have to have supervision from other counsellors etc. etc. ad infinitum, as you put it, they cant carry everything on their own shoulders. And of course the counseling process wouldnt really work if they were carrying such troubles when helping out others.

                      So its sad to see the system break down here, id be pretty sad if he slipped thro the net or something and didnt get his suppert.


                      On a lighter more im-going-to-hell note; anyone else think of the clitoris whenever they read the word Hood?

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