Comments on: The truth is out: US Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan WAS a religious maniac

By: Godless not gormless

Godless not gormless — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:19:00 +0000

Excuses seem to be being made for this guy on the grounds of his “state of mind”. The real problem is that he is a believer in islam. He is not an extremist, islam is extremist therefore his beliefs seem extreme to us whereas in fact he is just a proper muslim.

The only problem with his mind is that it is locked into the same state as a certain vile 7th century retard.

By: Christopher D Osborn

Christopher D Osborn — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:47:44 +0000

Stonyground, it may have been that when he joined he wasn’t so very religious and more patriotic, and he became more religious and less patriotic at some point after he joined. This would explain why he had been recently try to get honorably discharged.

Adn think this incipent shows a good case for being more lenient with solders who want to retire before their contract is up. Perhaps you can let anyone who wants to leave early leave early, but make them pay some sort of military tax for the duration of they thy should have in in according to their contract.

By: uberVU - social comments

uberVU - social comments — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:48:27 +0000

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By: Stonyground

Stonyground — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:12:57 +0000

Why did he not avoid this internal conflict by not joining the army in the first place? I mean, joining the army does generally carry the risk that you will have to go to a foreign land and kill foreigners for your country. If he sees himself as a Muslim first and an American second was he really not bright enough to work out that that might become a problem?

Every so often I come across an accusation that atheists arrogantly claim to be more intelligent than theists. Well, I am constantly being bombarded with examples of theistic stupidity so am I really being arrogant if I start to think that way?

By: William Harwood

William Harwood — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:16:04 +0000

Thomas Szasz has been trying to tell the brainwashed ignoranti for forty years that the only difference between a psychiatrist and a bartender is that the bartender does not delude himself that his sympathetic listening is a form of medicine.

By: rog

rog — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:20:23 +0000

I wonder will he get the death penalty, or spend the rest of his life in military prison? Not that I believe in the death penalty, but in this case being alive to suffer the consequences of his actions seems the harsher punishment.

By: Tim Danaher

Tim Danaher — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:32:08 +0000

Ah. I thought that he’d been shot dead.

Apparently he was in a coma, but is now coming around:

http://www.ptinews.com/news/36.....ut-of-coma

I look forward with interest to what he has to say about the incident.

BTW, unrelated, does anyone have a link to video of George Bush Senior’s “Atheists should not be considered citizens” quote? I’ve seen it, but can’t find it anywhere…

By: Imam praises Ft Hood killer – and says Muslims must migrate from a ‘hostile’ West

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:24:55 +0000

[...] as an imam in America (he was born in New Mexico) has come out in full support of Fort Worth killer Nidal Hasan. Anwar [...]

By: quedula

quedula — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:29:26 +0000

One would have thought that the Army, where he could be kept an eye on, was a better place than the civilian realm where he could have plotted more extravagant horrors.

Is islam specially designed for these unstable types or are these unstable types specially attracted to islam I wonder?

By: Harry

Harry — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:19:34 +0000

I have always had doubts about the diagnostic ability of psychiatrists. Psychiatry is mostly based on common sense and common sense is mostly based on nothing at all.