There is a straight line between domestic violence and terrorism.
X-posted from GD by request from dear DUer niyad
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36801763
Not a crooked line, not a dot-to-dot line, not a curve. A straight line.
The Nice killer was known to police for petty crime and allegations of domestic violence. He was separated from his partner, with whom he had children. I heard (sorry no link) on a BBC report that an order of protection had been served against him recently. Again, I can't confirm that, but it was reported on the BBC.
It is imperative and incumbent to acknowledge that domestic violence IS terrorism. Domestic abusers frequently kill their victims. There's no difference, except one of scale.
In this case, the animus turned from the partner to the western world, impelled by violent rhetoric of Islamic extremists who draw almost no distinction between beating one's wife and butchering apostates.
Scratch a terrorist, and you will find (usually) a man who despises women.
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