Active shooter reported at Ohio State

[MechAg94]

Wow. Missed that.  New phone auto corrected crap to crappie.  Funny.

I thought you were talking about that idiotic movie with the police robots (chappie?).  I have heard it referred to as crappie.

[Hawkmoon]

We may never be able to unravel the motive in such a random attack as this. It's best if we don't jump to any conclusions when we see these isolated incidents repeatedly happening.

But if significantly similar incidents (as in mass attacks, perpetrated by Muslim immigrants) occur "repeatedly," is it accurate or correct to label them "isolated"? I know the plural of anecdote is not data, but at what point in the expansion of a consistent pattern do we stop calling them "isolated incidents" and start acknowledging that they are part of a continuing pattern?

[Perd Hapley]

But if significantly similar incidents (as in mass attacks, perpetrated by Muslim immigrants) occur "repeatedly," is it accurate or correct to label them "isolated"? I know the plural of anecdote is not data, but at what point in the expansion of a consistent pattern do we stop calling them "isolated incidents" and start acknowledging that they are part of a continuing pattern?

I suspect zahc was employing a bit of dry humor.

and why do we need to know the motive?  If it looks like a jihadi, acts like a jihadi, and kills like a jihadi, then it probably IS a muslim terrorist. 

You're just saying he was a Muslim terrorist because he was a Muslim, and a terrorist. That's racist! 

[Angel Eyes]

[charby]

So on NPR this afternoon, they interviewed the leader of the Somali community in Ohio. He repeatedly condemned the actions of this man and the Somali in MN who did stabbing earlier this year.