Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Jumping to conclusions?

If, God forbid, there is a terrorist attack at any of the matches at Euro 2016, I don't think that anybody would seriously suggest that this would be an attack against the playing of football.  Why then is there an assumption that the recent atrocity in Orlando was aimed at the LGBT community simply on the basis that it took place at an LGBT venue?  Don't get me wrong - it might have been, but as far as I am aware we have no evidence to support that theory.  It may simply have been that that venue attracted a big crowd and provided the gunman with "easy pickings".  Anywhere where people are known to gather is at risk from this sort of thing - no coincidence that many of the mass shootings have been at schools.  Nothing to do with education.  I think people are putting two and two together and making five.

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