- a Label-defying Attack
Orlando Massacre
- a Label-defying Attack
More questions than answers over ORLANDO MASS SHOOTING . According to Anshel Pfeffer , Haaretz correspondent writing June 22 / 2016 , the real issue is finding a label that fits this emerging type of crime . Calling it - a Label-defying Attack . He suggested plausible causes
• a homophobic hate-crime 1
• a symptom of the present volatile political climate
• the result of freedom to bear arms in the USA
• Islamic extremism
• connected with similar recent reprisal shootings around the world
• a toxic mixture of religious radicalization over the internet , personal frustrations and available weapons .
Even when the details were accumulated and it appeared that Omar Mateen had pledged allegiance to the Caliphate of the Islamic State before he died in a firefight with the police , the difficulties in affixing the proper label remained ... the incident was labelled a “ mass-shooting ” and its definition as a terror attack symbolizes the West ’ s 21st century difficulty in classifying murders carried out for ideology , religion and politics . 2
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Anshel Pfeffer , Haaretz correspondent . Accessed 26 / 6 / 16 http :// www . haaretz . com / worldnews / americas / 1.724608
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Is Privacy a thing of the Past ?
Imagine standing at a bus stop , talking to your friend and having your conversation recorded without you knowing . It happens all the time , and the FBI doesn ’ t even need a warrant to do it . Federal agents are planting microphones to secretly record conversations .
Bathroom Law Sparks Debate in USA
The gender neutral Bathroom debate is about more than just removing the fear and discomfort of having the opposite genitalia in the bathroom with you , it is a civil rights debate on both sides ; for the transgender as well as the those of male / female gender from birth . For Christians living in the USA this is a question coming to a bathroom near you . It is also a moral issue so how can it be sensitively handled ?
The law passed in March this Year by the Obama administration , requires that parents and adults subject their children and themselves respectively to social circumstances outside of the norm . Some parents have raised objections out of concern from paedophilia and sexual assaults etc .
Jeff Harp , a KPIX 5 security analyst and former FBI special agent said , “ They put microphones under rocks , they put microphones in trees , they plant microphones in equipment . I mean , there ’ s microphones that are planted in places that people don ’ t think about , because that ’ s the intent !”
Harp says that , if you ’ re going to conduct criminal activity , do it in the privacy of your own home .
May 13 , 2016 6:24 PM By Jackie Ward reporting for CBS SF Bay Area , KPIX News 5 . http :// sanfrancisco . cbslocal . com / 2016 / 05 / 13 / hidden-microphones-exposed-as-part-ofgovernment-surveillance-program-in-the-bayarea /
Read more :
Obama taking fear out of bathrooms ? The Charlotte Observer , May 13 , 2016 . Accessed : June 13,2016 . http :// www . charlotteobserver . com / opinion / editorials / article77475147 . html
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