CDR: Re: McVeigh, Freedom Fighter or Kook?
Ray said:
Mcveigh, as he is, is just a random crazy. But if, say, one out of ten American Citizens or so had looked up from the news story and gone, "It's about time somebody started fighting those bastards" then he'd have a constituency to whom he could be a freedom fighter. And also a nonzero chance of causing real change.
And just what is it that makes you think that "one out of ten" didn't secretly cheer that news? Or maybe more? And even if it were only "one out a thousand", isn't that a significant number? Even in the First American Revolution, not that many actually took up arms. Many were totally against it, and fought for the Brits. If one in a thousand took up arms today against the fedz, wouldn't that out- number the US military?
At 11:05 AM 9/13/00 -0400, No User wrote:
Ray said:
Mcveigh, as he is, is just a random crazy. But if, say, one out of ten American Citizens or so had looked up from the news story and gone, "It's about time somebody started fighting those bastards" then he'd have a constituency to whom he could be a freedom fighter. And also a nonzero chance of causing real change.
And just what is it that makes you think that "one out of ten" didn't secretly cheer that news? Or maybe more? And even if it were only "one out a thousand", isn't that a significant number? Even in the First American Revolution, not that many actually took up arms. Many were totally against it, and fought for the Brits. If one in a thousand took up arms today against the fedz, wouldn't that out- number the US military?
Even worse, it makes morality a function of pollsters.
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