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"Workplace Violence"
Topic Started: Dec 8 2011, 04:10 AM (207 Views)
George K
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Yep, that's what they're calling the Fort Hood Shootings.
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Sen. Susan Collins on Wednesday blasted the Defense Department for classifying the Fort Hood massacre as workplace violence and suggested political correctness is being placed above the security of the nation's Armed Forces at home.

During a joint session of the Senate and House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday, the Maine Republican referenced a letter from the Defense Department depicting the Fort Hood shootings as workplace violence. She criticized the Obama administration for failing to identify the threat as radical Islam.

Thirteen people were killed and dozens more wounded at Fort Hood in 2009, and the number of alleged plots targeting the military has grown significantly since then. Lawmakers said there have been 33 plots against the U.S. military since Sept. 11, 2001, and 70 percent of those threats have been since mid-2009. Major Nidal Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, who is being held for the attacks, allegedly was inspired by radical U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Yemen in late September. The two men exchanged as many as 20 emails, according to U.S. officials, and Awlaki declared Hasan a hero.


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In related news, the Obama Admnistration has classified the Fukishima meltdown as "post-menopausal hot flashes," the Mt. St. Helens eruption of 1980 as "geologically-motivated temper tantrums" and the Protestant Reformation as "sibling rivalry." Furthermore, the Moon has been reclassified as "extra-human space effluvium" and the #OWS poopers as "external percussion enthusiasts."

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jon-nyc
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Seems to be a case where context is key to understanding and this piece gives us none.
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jon-nyc
Dec 8 2011, 04:38 AM
Seems to be a case where context is key to understanding and this piece gives us none.
Here's the context: http://www.defense.gov/pubs/pdfs/DOD-ProtectingTheForce-Web_Security_HR_13jan10.pdf

It's the study the DOD did after the Fort Hood shootings. They examined how better to protect people in the military from internal threats, and how prepared they are to deal with the what happens in the event such an internal threat acts. They examined both the details surrounding the Fort Hood shooter, and generalized what happened with him into broader guidelines for how to prevent future attacks, regardless of the motivation of the perpetrator.

I found the Executive Summary very informative.


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John D'Oh
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Hopefully the Republicans will counteract this disgraceful show of political correctness by pointing out that guns don't kill people. A statement that I always found vaguely reminiscent of 'you can't buy happiness'.
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