TigerHawk

TigerHawk (ti*ger*hawk): n. 1. The title of this blog and the nom de plume of its founding blogger; 2. A deep bow to the Princeton Tigers and the Iowa Hawkeyes; 3. The nickname for Iowa's Hawkeye logo. Posts include thoughts of the day on international affairs, politics, things that strike us as hilarious and personal observations. The opinions we express are our own, and not those of each other, our employers, our relatives, our dead ancestors, or unrelated people of similar ethnicity.

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Biting my tongue

By TigerHawk at 5/22/2008 06:10:00 PM

Some stories write themselves:

A Muslim convert with a history of mental illness was being held under armed guard tonight after he apparently detonated a nail bomb in a family restaurant.

The interesting question is, which factor -- Islam or mental illness -- dominated? The thesis of the story was that he was "preyed upon" by Islamic radicals. Since they believe in weaponizing children, it should not surprise us that they would do the same to a deranged person. Not that I'm suggesting in any way, shape, or form that Islamic radicals are not themselves deranged. Allah forfend.

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4 Comments:

By Larry Sheldon, at Thu May 22, 07:06:00 PM:

"The interesting question is, which factor dominated?"

How would you tell?

By antithaca, at Thu May 22, 08:08:00 PM:

It's interesting that he was a convert. It's frequently said that converts - to any religion - are the most fervent in their belief.

Also, if he had a history of mental illness...why didn't he blow stuff up 5 or 10 years ago? Presumably prior to his conversion??

By davod, at Fri May 23, 08:38:00 AM:

Mental problem. Nothing to see here. Move on.

By Consul-At-Arms, at Mon May 26, 11:36:00 PM:

I've quoted you and linked to you here: http://consul-at-arms.blogspot.com/2008/05/re-biting-my-tongue.html