Comments Posted By Don Marion
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THE HOPELESS BANALITY OF THE BLOGOSPHERE
I can excuse much of the internet reaction as nothing more than an emotional response to a tragedy where some of the authors will no doubt wish they had hit the delete button before posting. As to whether or not he is a terrorist, we won't know the answer to that until the investigation is complete. I would like to point out that to be a terrorist has more to do with his intent and motivation than participation in a larger group or conspiracy so it cannot be ruled out either. The most troubling part of this so far is that he had brought attention to himself first at Walter Reed and then with his internet postings and yet he was still seeing patients and scheduled for deployment. Does the Army have so many psychiatrists named Major Hasan that they could not connect the one leaving posts on websites that are monitored for terrorist activity with the one who had human resource type problems at his last duty station. The website does not make him a terrorist, nor do issues with patients and coworkers make him a potential mass murderer, but both together should have put him on the receiving end of therapy rather than as a provider.
Comment Posted By Don Marion On 6.11.2009 @ 17:51
