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I keep writing this and then deleting it. But I gotta say, after all...
I think the ethnicity of the perpetrator is not an issue. Tim McVeigh was an American, and a terrorist. I think I have been trained (by American media especially) to think of terrorism as being acts perpetrated by 'foreigners'. Websters defines terrorism as: "the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, esp. for political purposes." This probably qualifies. And it is, bullshit. He could have written his letters and website and crawled in a hole and blown himself up with a grenade. But he chose to take as many as possible with him. p.s. not picking on anyone's thoughts of the ethnicity of 'usual' terrorists. |
At present the full text is available at Huffington Post.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0...39.html?page=2 I would argue that had this man been brown skinned and named Hassan, holding every other variable constant including his suicide note, this would be played in the media as a terrorist attack (even though, strictly speaking, it is not in that although he had political grievances, his act was not meant to influence the political process). Cheers Aj |
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Why can't people get it though their heads....pay your taxes. You cannot out run or out smart the IRS. That's why we have the saying...death and taxes! It just annoys me that people bring this on themselves and then blame everyone else and victimize innocent people. Its just another person who can't take responsibility for their own choices. Rufus |
I have mixed feelings regarding the concerns of posting the manifesto of Richard Andrew Stack. I suspect there is a file on many of us here somewhere in the Belly of the Beast, aka Government.
Are you are a person that may have participated in "radical social change" in the past 30 years or so? I bet your name can be found somewhere and you are held suspect. Did you ever attend a peaceful meeting about anything do with the human rights of being LGBTQI? I am not an anarchist but I do not delude myself in believing if we play by the rules the FBI or any other government entity will not view me or others like me with a modicum of distrust and suspicion. Why? Because we dare to live differently and not hang our heads in shame about it. I do not condone what this guy did. It is flat out wrong to take the lives of other living beings. However, I am bemused that the FBI is removing Stack's rant from public review. |
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I hear what you are saying, June. But my first thought was that it is a shame we are afraid of out own government. Rufus |
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Actually, that's normal. It's considered evidence in an ongoing investigation. Until the investigation is closed and everything verified, they will likely clamp down on publication of stuff (it also is for protection of his family as well). |
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Indeed. And the sad thing is, his wife and daughter are left to deal with this mess he has created. |
There was a brief statement made by our [not so] illustrious governor.....and maybe I didn't hear correctly, but it ALmost sounded as though he WANTED it to be a terrorist......he was making statements that blew things out of proportion SO much, I wanted to scream "Go listen to your news, man!".
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I think, however, your Governor wants a reason to point fingers and be able to enforce that "I told you so.." |
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Exactly. ............. |
The entire thing is a tragedy.
Innocent lives have been lost. I am saddened by all this. |
It is my understanding that he burned down his own home before heading to the airport. Probably had a tax lien on it. What a tragedy.
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This is true.. |
I think he was the only one killed. No one else has died but the fucktard. Yay!
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OK, someone please tell me that none of our Austin members were hurt in this? Actually, I don't want anyone hurt, but, Bo's fucktard statement makes a lot of sense to me.... so tired of these kinds of stories.
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Yup, one can end up having a file in quite a few instances. No, I don't condone this man's actions at all. Remember Tricky Dicky? :nixon: |
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