That isn’t lame. That is very much real.

On August 1st, 2008 at 3:42 pm, Rusty said:
For you conspiracy theorists, here you go. The perpetrator of these attacks wanted us to invade Iraq.

Oh fer gawd’s sake. Given 12 years of Hussein’s WMD violations and support for terrorist cells, we didn’t require your (and Salon’s) lame connection between 9/11, the anthrax attacks, and looney conspiracy theories.

And what proof do you have that there’s a significant number of people out there that would support the bombing of an abortion clinic resulting in the murder of civilians?

I think whatever number that is diminishes ‘significantly’ when you add that qualifier in there, but that qualifier wasn’t in my original comment.

Would you personally be sympathetic to someone who blew up an empty abortion clinic?

I can’t point to a poll, but from the strong feelings that people have on the subject, I don’t think it’s crazy to think that people would be sympathetic to a bomber’s plight in the scenario.

Regarding actually murdering one of maiming one of the technicians that works in a clinic, I remember comments saying the usual “That’s awful”, but sometimes they were followed by “…but the person brought it upon themselves” or something to that nature.

No, all domestic terrorists in this country don’t have the same mindset. There are plenty of eco-terrorists out there

I should have said “similar” mindsets. I was thinking about extreme right-wingers and extreme left wingers. The extreme left-wingers tend to think like the other terroristic extreme left-wingers, and the extreme right-wingers tend to think like the other terroristic extreme right-wingers.

There are far to many unanswered questions, especially since the case was bungled from the start. If some people can’t handle the fact that this is not over, one word: tough.

mpChops said:

…For example, regarding the clinic bombing you mentioned, I strongly feel that a significant amount of people would by sympathetic to it, with subset of those people actively supporting the actions that the person took.

And what proof do you have that there’s a significant number of people out there that would support the bombing of an abortion clinic resulting in the murder of civilians?

I despise abortion. I believe with all my heart that it is an act of murder. In addition to that, Roe V. Wade was bad law. But, there’s no way that I or anyone I know or associate with would support the bombing of an abortion clinic, and murder of civilians who work there. So, I’d like to see your evidence that a significant number of people would be sympathetic to (or support) that kind of an act.

Jim C

mpChops said:
The fact that domestic terrorist in this country tend to have same mindset is significant.

No, all domestic terrorists in this country don’t have the same mindset. There are plenty of eco-terrorists out there… ELF, etc, not to mention Obama’s dear friends William Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn (although they were not eco-terrorists). They don’t have the “same mindset” as whackjobs like McVeigh, Nichols, et al. I don’t know if you were purposefully trying to pin all domestic terrorism on those with a conservative nature (granted — extreme right wing), but that’s just plain false. There are plenty of domestic terrorists out there with a left wing bent as well.

Jim C

Everyone who’s commented on my post has totally missed my point, which is this is NOT domestic terrorism if there’s no organization behind it nor any sympathies within the general public.

I think I follow you.
One guy does something and the media checks his background.
If he’s a conservative then he must be a member of the vast right wing conspiracy.
Only problem is that those of us in the real VRWC never heard of him, and we detest what he did and if we had known about it we would have risked our lives to stop him before hand.
But still he did read Ann Coulter’s book and she is well known as a hate monger with mind control powers, that’s why we wear our tinfoil hats.

The fact that the Supremes voted 5-4 to affirm the 2nd amendment only reinforces the fact. They don’t even want us to be able to protect ourselves.

Everyone who’s commented on my post has totally missed my point, which is this is NOT domestic terrorism if there’s no organization behind it nor any sympathies within the general public.

Ah, well, I disagree on two counts.

Firstly, I think that there ‘sympathies within the general public’, which doesn’t mean that every who shares their views share the acts that they committed. I view general sympathy as simple as “I don’t agree with what he did, but I understand”. For example, regarding the clinic bombing you mentioned, I strongly feel that a significant amount of people would by sympathetic to it, with subset of those people actively supporting the actions that the person took.

I don’t think its necessary for an organization to be behind terrorism, as the purpose of terrorism is not to prop up an organization but an ideal. If there is a share ideal, regardless of a organization, terrorism exists.