Another US shooting..

[Calandale]

My comment was facetious.

McVeigh was indeed a pretty normal fellow,
from what I understand. I pretty much agreed
with what he did though. Incidentally, a friend of
mine vaguely knew his sister.

[esme456]

Agreed with what he did in what way??

PS How do I get to be a PostWhore?

[Litigious]

Agreed with what he did in what way??

PS How do I get to be a PostWhore?

Keep on posting. 

[esme456]

I find it hard to post just for the sake of it tho....

[Calandale]

I thought that he had valid complaints. I don't think that the
groundwork was laid to fix them, but the anti-government
beliefs were reasonable. I don't even really remember much
of what he stood for, but I do remember mostly agreeing, at
the time. Sometimes violence is the only way to get things
done.

[esme456]

Hmmmm

There's violence and violence tho.....

[Litigious]

I thought that he had valid complaints. I don't think that the
groundwork was laid to fix them, but the anti-government
beliefs were reasonable. I don't even really remember much
of what he stood for, but I do remember mostly agreeing, at
the time. Sometimes violence is the only way to get things
done.

Have you read my thread about the UNA-bomber? He wasn't that crazy either, on the contrary.

[Calandale]

Eh, I'm pretty understanding of Bin Ladin's view too. As well as those who
want to hunt him down. If one actually believes in something, they should
take whatever actions are necessary to induce what is right.

[Litigious]

Actually, those jerks in Waco were morons, as far as I'm concerned, but the FBI had no right whatsoever to attack them.

[esme456]

It's probably a lot easier to find some way of identifying with these people so long as it's not your relative or friend destroyed in the blast...

[McGiver]

Agreed with what he did in what way??

PS How do I get to be a PostWhore?

PWN richard!

[Calandale]

Actually, those jerks in Waco were morons, as far as I'm concerned, but the FBI had no right whatsoever to attack them.

Yeah. By my interpretation of the Constitution, this was one of the clearest cases of a legitimate right to bear arms
that one could come up with.

It's probably a lot easier to find some way of identifying with these people so long as it's not your relative or friend destroyed in the blast...

Probably. I have understanding of those who hurt those I love too though. Doesn't mean I don't want to kill them brutally,
but I can usually at least see where they're coming from.

[In The spaGhetto]

It's funny you should say that about him being possibly AS - I read the same opinion in response to a Salon article
about him today and my heart sank

http://letters.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/17/shooter/view/index1.html?show=all  (11th letter down)

I feel sorry for him, obviously for the victims too but he was evidently having problems coping with life and just villainising people like this just perpetuates the problem as nobody bothers to understand the mindset of these people and it just keeps happening

I loved the way they were so concerned that the 'coolest' girl in the school got shot first - so f-ing what?!

So it's better to kill the nerds cos no one will miss them or something?!

That whole attitude typifes to me why this type of thing happens in the first place!

one of my proudest moments was getting a letter published in viz once. it seems kind of appropriate here:

"Has anyone noticed that whenever a young person dies in a tragic accident or murder they're always described as 'bright, popular, full of life and with their whole lives ahead of them'? As an exceedingly dull individual with few friends and no prospects i certainly feel a lot safer"

[Litigious]

It's probably a lot easier to find some way of identifying with these people so long as it's not your relative or friend destroyed in the blast...

Actually, in the Waco case, it was the authorities killing and destroying....

[esme456]

Looks to me like Timothy McVeigh's mind got f-ed by his experiences in the Gulf coupled with all the metamphetamine he took aftwerwards