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Several people killed, others injured after vehicle drives into Vancouver street festival crowd (www.cbc.ca)

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[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 16 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

The article says that they don't consider it an act of terrorism. Unless the guy was so drunk that he had no idea what was happening how was it not an act of terrorism?

EDIT: More reading and someone says he appeared to have mental health issues.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 17 points 22 hours ago

"The person we have in custody does have a significant history of interactions with police and health-care professionals related to mental health," he told a briefing on Sunday.

Useful context.

[-] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 hours ago

So... Maybe he should have been licensed to handle a deadly weapon

There are tons of people on the road who shouldnt have licenses.

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 9 points 22 hours ago

Is it possible to commit a terrorist act and not have mental health issues? Pretty sure this is still terrorism.

[-] Dearche@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 hours ago

Having strong ideological beliefs on top of being desperate doesn't mean you have mental illness by a massive margin. Most terrorists at most are depressed, not mentally ill. These are two radically different things. Just because someone is a danger to themselves and others doesn't make them terrorists either.

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 2 hours ago

No. If you think that some group of people is superior to another group of people, and its justifiable to use violence against everyone in the inferior group, you have a mental illness.

Thats why we have correctional facilities, so these people can be separated from society while they receive treatment for their illness.

[-] Dearche@lemmy.ca 1 points 21 minutes ago

That's not mental illness, that's having immoral beliefs. Being racist doesn't get you put into correctional facilities even if you advocate for the use of force against groups you don't like. If that was true, than Israel would be one of the world's largest correctional facilities in the world.

Or maybe the US, considering how they elected Trump.

[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 6 points 22 hours ago

To be a tertorist act it needs to be intended to cause terror. If the guy was having a psychotic episode and didn't know what he was doing it would not be terrorism.

[-] LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

A small Filipino cultural festival at a school was attacked. I am skeptical that this was a random act of violence. Nothing is impossible, but I think that it is much more likely that this was a targeted attack. Wait till they get the suspects computer, internet history, etc.

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 17 hours ago

Sure. That's a very specific short-lived mental health crisis. A narrow subset of people with mental health issues.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 points 22 hours ago

Yes. When that's the only option left. Many movements around the world have employed what we now refer to as terrorism to affect change. Including ones that are currently not considered terrorist.