# My brother in law is NOT a fucking terrorist! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 6, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-in-law-is-not-a-fucking-terrorist/394759 "2007-03-06T01:31:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-in-law-is-not-a-fucking-terrorist/394759/41 "2007-03-08T22:32:26Z")
Was there anything specific that leads you to believe this attack was motivated by racism? Were they yelling racist obscenities at him during the act? Just curious. Dont think I’m trying to say you’re wrong or jumping to conclusions. I’m just wondering if there’s more to it. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-in-law-is-not-a-fucking-terrorist/394759/42 "2007-03-08T23:05:06Z")
That man … he planted an Improvised Eclair Device right on my dinner plate! ---
**Author:** ![Kairos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecc23a/32.png) [@Kairos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kairos)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-in-law-is-not-a-fucking-terrorist/394759/43 "2007-03-08T23:19:21Z")
Ye Gods, that’s horrible. I can’t even imagine the mindset that would lead to such a horrible act. A couple years ago I was playing in a live action Vampire role playing game. My character wore a [salwar kameez](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salwar), [khimar](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khimar), and [niqab](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niq%C4%81b). I would dress fully (getting into a veil and headscarf is tricky if you’re not used to it), get in the car, and go straight to game. What an eye-opening experience - even just riding in the car, with my very white boyfriend driving, I got flipped off, sneered at, yelled at…a jeep full of teenagers even tried to run us off the road. It was terrifying, and this was something I wore once a month, for a game. Being faced with that level of irrational prejudice on a day to day basis is beyond my comprehension. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-in-law-is-not-a-fucking-terrorist/394759/44 "2007-03-08T23:22:09Z")
[QUOTE=Kairos] Ye Gods, that’s horrible. I can’t even imagine the mindset that would lead to such a horrible act. A couple years ago I was playing in a live action Vampire role playing game. My character wore a [salwar kameez](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salwar), [khimar](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khimar), and [niqab](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niq%C4%81b). I would dress fully (getting into a veil and headscarf is tricky if you’re not used to it), get in the car, and go straight to game. What an eye-opening experience - even just riding in the car, with my very white boyfriend driving, I got flipped off, sneered at, yelled at…a jeep full of teenagers even tried to run us off the road. It was terrifying, and this was something I wore once a month, for a game. Being faced with that level of irrational prejudice on a day to day basis is beyond my comprehension. [/QUOTE] You sure it wasn’t just because you’re a LARPer? 🙂 kidding! ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-in-law-is-not-a-fucking-terrorist/394759/45 "2007-03-08T23:26:31Z")
[QUOTE=glee] Where do you get phrases like ‘howling mob’ and ‘inbred locals out for blood’ from? 😕 [/QUOTE] From the story linked in the post that includes the statements > [@](#): > > A columnist for the Independent criticised the tabloid attacks on Kelly, warning that we might once again end up with a “howling mob” consumed by a “paediatrician-bashing hysteria”. > > The Glasgow Herald lamented the current “hysteria over alleged sex offenders”, and reminded us of the “illiterate lynch mob” that attacked the home of a paediatrician the last time there was such hysteria. > [@](#): > > There are clashing reports of where the incident took place. Some say it was in south Wales, others that it was in Portsmouth. In an article in 2001, the Daily Mail asked: “Who can forget the targeting of an innocent children’s doctor in Portsmouth by a populace too ignorant and enraged to recognise the difference between paedophile and paediatrician?” > > An online magazine, The Register, also says that it was in Portsmouth that “dictionary-starved and enraged mobs attacked a paediatrician”. I do not believe that you were being singled out for holding thoise views, only that there are folks–including purportedly responsible officials and reporters–who have expressed those views. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-in-law-is-not-a-fucking-terrorist/394759.md?page=2)