Religion Of Pieces Alert!

Police: Recruiting Center Gunman Targeted Military

A man with "political and religious motives" killed a soldier just out of basic training and wounded another Monday in a targeted attack on a military recruiting center, police said. The shootings were not believed to be part of a broader scheme.

A police report based on an interview with the suspect says Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, 23, told police he observed two soldiers in uniform, drove up to the recruiting center and started shooting. [...]

Muhammad had converted to Islam at some point in his life and interviews with police show he "probably had political and religious motives for the attack," the police chief said.

It's sad we have to waste a perfectly good trial on this asshole.

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Sliding On The Slippery Slope

Dignitas Founder Plans Assisted Suicide Of Healthy Woman

The founder of the Swiss assisted suicide clinic Dignitas was criticised yesterday after revealing plans to help a healthy woman to die alongside her terminally ill husband.

Ludwig Minelli described suicide as a “marvellous opportunity” that should not be restricted to the terminally ill or people with severe disabilities. Critics said that the plans highlighted the risks of proposals to legalise assisted suicides in Britain for people in the final stages of a terminal illness.

I really don't have much to say about this story — it's really too horrible for words — other than to remind you that proponents of the practice said things like this would never happen. I have one question for them... how long until we slide down to this?

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