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The problem is that there is absolutely no evidence to link him to terrorism other than people's weird paranoia. There's nothing whatsoever in his background that has emerged that would make him even slightly fit the expected profile. There is no history of association with extremists or extremist groups, not even a third or fourth degree connection. There was no history of activism, nothing that he posted online, no distribution of propaganda, no fixation or fault put on certain targets, there's absolutely nothing to slightly justify a suspicion of terrorism.
This was just a disturbed guy, struggling with internal demons, seeing multiple psychiatrists, on all sorts of different pharmaceuticals and its not all too difficult to believe that given the opportunity to have a clean death, to end his life without any pain associated, that he took that chance.
Terrorism exists to fulfill a political, religious or ideological goal. An anonymous terrorist that doesn't make a specific point or leave a reasoning behind for his actions is as useful to their cause as an $11 dollar bill. The goal is to build fear, so either Lubitz is the most incompetent and modest terrorist that we've ever seen, or quite simply his actions had no point to them, no real motive other than a deranged mind that just simply wanted to make it all end.
If you want to find someone that fits the profile of a terrorist, look at the Alphabet Bomber, Muharem Kurbegovic and contrast that with everything that is known about Lubitz.
why does it bother you so much what I believe?
the information you have is all from the press, and what they've been told.....while it is a far cry, it is to me, worth considering....
Except investigators haven't even confirmed that his supposed vision loss was real and it has been said that they are investigating the possibility that it was simply psychosomatic. He was reportedly "doctor shopping" and the majority of the visits were to psychiatrists, he was complaining about issues with depression and sleep loss.
Yes, but HE believed he was losing his vision, it doesn't matter if it was real or not. They do know though that it wasn't due to making a religious/political statement, which is what I was disputing.
Seeing this can easily make someone become scared of flying.
People argue that you could die just as easily in a car, but at least in that scenario, you'd be driving, so you would maintain all control. When it comes to a plane, you're relying on the pilot and co-pilot to take you to your destination safely. The co-pilot was mentally ill, and this is what happened.
I feel the same but for different reasons. In a car crash you don't have 8 minutes to know you're going to die, it's instantaneous. That to me is the worst part of this, they knew what was happening. There were two babies on that plane, imagine what their parents were going through holding them and knowing they couldn't do a thing to protect them...that's not the case in a car accident. That part, the terror, is the part that scares me most, even more so than death. 8 minutes or even 2 minutes, is interminably long to go through something like that.
My fear is copycats, that it becomes the newest "trend", like school shootings. Before Columbine it was unheard of, after Columbine, they started happening all over. I really never liked flying, now I have one more thing to be paranoid about.
I feel sorry for pilots, as they are probably being scrupulously studied by passengers as they board now. Before I would say hello and smile, now I'm also going to be looking for signs of madness in their eyes.
I think this guy had more issues than just depression. What he did puts him in the category of a sociopath in my opinion. He had no empathy, or sympathy/feelings for anyone other than himself. He was depressed over the fact that his mental illness was going to ground him and prevent him from fulfilling his dreams, and decided to end it all. Understandable perhaps, but he could just as easily rented a small private plane, and gone up for one last flight before flying it into the ground. He didn't have to take 149 other innocent people with him when he made his exit. There was something else going on in his head. If you believe in the concept of evil, no doubt this guy would qualify.
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