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Religion, terrorism and free speech : Comments
By Laurence Maher, published 2/1/2015It is more than passing odd that a prominent feature of the ensuing discussion and debate has been the unequivocal claim, especially voiced by the Fairfax/ABC media alliance, that the killer's actions had nothing to do with religious faith.
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Instead, if need be, the "terrorist act" could just drop the word "religious" because what they mean is already covered by "ideological". However, why should it matter WHY someone wishes to intimidate others? Would what they do become any better only because they do it to extort money or to have fun rather than due to some ideology? I think not!