Explanations as to the meaning of the words vary but according to a Chicago Tribune report, "One popular theory spreading across the web comes from a story in the Koran, the holy book of Islam, about Ibrahim and his son, Ismail. This theory picked up speed because many bloggers wondered if the actions at Virginia Tech could be related to terrorism."
"In Islam, Ibrahim is known as the father of the prophets and, upset that people in his hometown still worshiped idols and not Allah, he smashed all but one statue in a local temple with an ax. Ibrahim's son is Ismail, who also became a prophet. Ibrahim is Arabic for Abraham, who plays a significant role in Christianity, Judaism and Islam."
In what was described as a "disturbing note" left in his dorm room, Seung-Hui outlines his motivation for gunning down 32 victims. In the screed, Seung-Hui rails against "rich kids," "debauchery" and "deceitful charlatans" on campus. Although the full contents of the note have not been made public, it is understood that the killer also expresses his hatred of Christianity. This would parallel with the explanation that "Ismail Ax" is some kind of loyalty oath to militant Islam.
Though there are other literary possibilities for explaining the meaning behind "Ismail Ax," expect war propagandists like Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh and Shaun Hannity to run hard with this angle for the rest of the week and exploit it to make the case that the VA Massacre was a terrorist attack perpetrated by an America-hating militant Muslim.
"It may be that somebody wants to give the impression Cho Seung-Hui was a Muslim," writes blogger Kurt Nimmo. "Of course, it is possible Cho Seung-Hui converted to Islam after arriving in America in 1992, although there is no mention of this in news reports. In South Korea, the Muslim population stands at an underwhelming 0.2 percent. Is it possible a reclusive and basically non-communicative South Korean student—that is if we can put credence in the story now emerging—discovered this relatively cryptic and obscure Islamic religious reference on his own, maybe at the university library? If so, why was he compelled to pen this on the inside of his arm? Did Cho Seung-Hui want us to believe he was a Muslim?"
"Or did his handlers want us to believe he was but another crazed and psychotic Muslim gunning for innocent young Americans, “rich kids” (as Cho supposedly called them) attending a highly ranked engineering college?"
By connecting the massacre to militant Islam, the fraudulent war on terror can be perpetuated as the Bush administration lines up its aircraft carriers in the Gulf for an imminent strike on Iran. The base level propaganda that "the enemy" is attacking our college kids would give the Neo-Cons all the pretext they need for selling another pre-emptive war to a dumbed down public.
This may not be the false flag we were all fearing, but it certainly puts the population in a semi-comatose state and makes the horrors perpetrated in the name of Empire look insignificant when up against the terror on our doorstep
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/april2007/180407terroristattack.htm
[Proofreader's note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on April 20, 2007]
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Good post Diogenes.
I will tell you this though that as far as going postal goes it is not so far off for more folks than we permit ourselves to see.
And that is , for me, never the question.
The question is, "When will it sink in to our collective consciousness that the breaking point, once reached, is easy to reteat from?"
The overwhelming majority of peop[le to day are stressed out over a mutitude of causes, from their economic status to having a Society to which others wish to belong.
the Virginia case is clear evidence of either a "Manchurian candidate". better now known as Black Op or a Psychosis far more common than not.
couple all these Hegelian actions with a willfully ignorant Populous and Viola!
But hey! I'm about as helpful as that Random Celebrity Guy.
"Hey have you seen the new ...." fill in the blanks
dick and jane, oops1 mary won't understand A word I've typed!
Well, Thats their story.
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"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Alva Edison
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"We are all in this together somehow, some more than others somehow"
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"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Alva Edison
While anything is possible, in the case at hand, I don't see much to suggest that the killer was anything other than just crazy. It does however demonstrate that the happy pills don't work, and that no one can protect you but yourself.
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The two most common things in the universe are apparently Hydrogen and stupidity.