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Old 07-17-2013, 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by ho428 View Post
At first I thought the same. WTF!!!
But then I read an op-ed about it on a news site. It was done to provoke discussion, and to show that he's a nice looking kid, meaning that terrorist do not all look like raving lunatics. They can literally be the popular boy next door.

Still not sure I agree with it, but at least I read a reason behind it. Heard the actual article was pretty good and goes in depth how he went from such a well liked kid to terrorist, but I never read RS.
Sounds like a left wing excuse to me. Even if that alleged purpose is true, there's no need of making him a celebrity. People already know what he looks like, and low information folks are not going to be any more vigilant because of this.