To the Jews At the Kansas City Jewish Center

To the Jews At the Kansas City Jewish Center

We love you. We like you. We care about you. We really want you to be happy. One thing we know, however, is that mass shootings , even those that are aimed towards religious communities (in the United States at least) are hardly ever motivated by religious persecutors. 

CNN is alluding to the idea that the Kansas City Jewish Center Shooting was a hate crime. 

For all we know, it is just an idea.

In the past, shootings at churches, mosques, temples, and shrines have very rarely been motivated by religious persecutors. 

At least not in the United States.

CNN is proposing an idea that should not be at the forefront of people's minds on this issue as it is an idea that has rarely crossed the mind of past shooters who opened fire in religious areas and buildings. 

Again, if you look every mass shooter in the United States' history, shooters rarely discuss their motivations in even non-religious surroundings as being motivated by religious persecution.

Sure, the Virginia Tech shooter believed he was Jesus Christ reincarnated. Marilyn Manson though he was doing God's work, and many genocides have been carried out in the name of religion.

But, if you label this as what it is, a mass shooting, and you run the numbers against every other mass shooting in the United States' history the odds of it being motivated by religious persecution is actually a minority of the numbers. More often than not, that is, it will not be motivated by religion in any way.

As such the odds that this is was a religiously motivated persecution of Jews is statistically inappropriate. 

A better way to rephrase this would be, "Although statistically unlikely, the odds of the shooting being motivated by religious persecution was recently declared by us as an appropriate possibility. However, seeing as the we've now run the numbers and it is statistically inappropriate to allude to the idea we have rescinded that statement as we recognize a clearly hasty allusion was made and it was intended solely to garner media publicity at the expense of causing mass hysteria throughout the Jewish Community. We apologize for our greed and our crass narcissism."

Cowboys vs. Ninjas?

Cowboys vs. Ninjas?

Win the age old battle of cowboys vs ninjas one must examine the obvious unfortold and unforeseen paradoxes that undergird both. Essentially, Cowboys have guns ando lassos while at the same time typically riding horses as their mode of travel. They typically do well in duels like in the movies but rarely have the discipline of a ninja. They're prone to acts of sudden verility and dercisiveness that can lead to their sudden and oftentimes humorous audience appeal. Cowboys have always been known for their sharp reflexes, especially with their hands. They also tend to be pretty good with a rifle and can conceal weapons in the most unsuspecting of places such as in the Eastwood films.

Ninjas, on the other hand, are actually the epitome of discipline. They train for most of their lives and sacrifice love, lust, and the majority of what makes people not killing machines for the sake of concentration so strong and an agility so swift they can run on water. Ninjas also have ninja stars, or shurikens, which they use to subdue, maim, or mortally wound their opponents. Their pouch also oftentimes carries smoke bombs, knives, and other weapons and although ninjas don't usually have horses they do usually have the ability to jump from tree to tree using their almost internally combusted locomotive skills.

Based on these facts alone one could assert that ninjas are the clear victor, but...

That wouldn't be sportsmanlike would it? 

So what do you think?

Whose better in a fight, cowboys or ninjas?