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Talk:Young mass murderers (view source)
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::*Before Bishop, who was 19 at the time, could be booked the police chief back then called officers and told them to release her to her mother ... [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/13/amy-bishop-killed-brother_n_461512.html]
::*Before Bishop, who was 19 at the time, could be booked the police chief back then called officers and told them to release her to her mother ... [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/13/amy-bishop-killed-brother_n_461512.html]
::Who was it who said that we are entitled to our opinions, but not to our own set of facts? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 13:52, 17 February 2010 (EST)
::Who was it who said that we are entitled to our opinions, but not to our own set of facts? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 13:52, 17 February 2010 (EST)
== Serial killer vs. mass murder ==
The Encyclopaedia Britannica defines ''serial killing'' as the ''the unlawful homicide of at least two people, carried out in a series over a period of time. Although this definition was established in the United States, it has been largely accepted in Europe and elsewhere, but the crime is not formally recognized in any legal code, including that of the United States. '''Serial murder is distinguished from mass murder, in which several victims are murdered at the same time and place.''' ''
On Conservapedia, we read that [[Mass murder]] is ''the killing of large numbers of people. '' (The examples given in the article are all of genocide, perhaps an example of a terrorist attack should be added).
A [[serial killer]] is - according to Conservapedia ''a murderer who is responsible for multiple killings carried out on separate occasions. ''
On this very talk page, Aschlafly defines ''young'': ''What is the cutoff for "young"? It's the same definition as for anything else. Still in school, or out of school and less than, say, 21.--Aschlafly 17:03, 8 December 2007 (EST) ''
The facts:
* When Amy Bishop killed her brother, she no older than 21.
* When she killed he colleagues, she was 45 - and so, she wasn't young any longer (unless you claim that she is ''still in school'')
Two questions:
[[Jeffrey Dahmer]] was 18 when he killed his first victim. Does this make him a ''young mass murderer''?
Amy Bishop may have been a murder age 19. But she became a ''mass murderer'' age 45. [[Adolf Hitler]] was 43 when he came to power in Germany. Is he a '' '''young mass murderer''' '', too?
That said, I think that A. Bishop is a mass murderer '''and''' a serial killer. She just isn't a ''young'' mass murderer. Generally, it doesn't make sense to speak about a ''young serial killer'' - at least not if his murders happened over an extended period of time.
[[User:PhilG|PhilG]] 13:08, 18 February 2010 (EST)