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Hard Case: Nidal Hasan, The Fort Hood Shooter

 If anyone deserves to die, it’s this guy. A US Army officer, he started shooting, killing 12 people and injuring 32 others. And it’s terrorism. He probably became persuaded of the eventual conquest of the decadent “Great Satan.” Whatever.

By the way, I don’t care if there happened to be a mosque in my neighborhood. We’re the land of the free, and the home of the brave, not the home of the paranoid. More than likely, someone first got here from the Middle East or Iran or even Africa to get away from the “Islamic” terrorists. If someone accepts our pluralistic society in general and dare I say liberal values—with apologies to Patrick Deneen and Bryan Cross—it’s not my concern. I’m more worried about progressives not accepting our way of life than Muslims, to be frank with you.

You know, I am not really worried about dating myself, but I get curious about what people are saying. I started following this cute girl (woman) because she said she was a matchmaker. About 2 weeks later, I found out she’s a Muslim matchmaker! No idea! I had no idea. Anyway, I generally have a positive view of Muslims and Arabs, bad people notwithstanding.

This guy is a bad person, safe to say. And how this story has unfolded highlights why Trump sucks, if I may speak frankly. They’re gonna execute this guy within 120 days, by firing squad. Trump just approved it. Of course he did. Because looking tough is more important than being principled. And making yourself the story is more important than serving the people.

“Inadmissible” means Jesus doesn’t want us to kill people to prove how wrong it is to kill people. It’s not Frank The Hippie Pope or the Left or whoever. That’s not how Christianity works. The Catholic Church doesn’t change herself like the McDonald’s menu every February. It was a long time coming. Without prejudice to the levels of assent and that rather technical discussion, “The Church teaches…” and “Jesus says…” mean the exact same thing. It’s not easy to say that I agree with the Church here, but I do. Lock this guy up, and we’ll let him die naturally. I can’t be part of this death. Not in my thoughts or my words.

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