in defense on Lon Horiuchi
Anonymous
nobody at REPLAY.COM
Fri Sep 12 05:10:15 PDT 1997
Zooko Journeyman blathered:
> There are many issues one could legitimately argue regarding
> a policeman who accidentally kills a non-combatant bystander
> during a fight. But comparing such a policemen to a
> terrorist who deliberately targets non-combatants with a bomb
> is beyond the pale. That, but for my interruption, this
> comparison would have passed unremarked among the cypherpunks
> crowd is damning.
As Tim and others have noted from time to time, one man's terrorist
is another man's freedom fighter. A corollary to this is that one
man's policeman is another man's terrorist. Calling Horiuchi - a
//trained sniper// - a policeman is stretching credulity. Consider
too that the Weavers weren't threatening anyone when they were
initially attacked/ambushed by the Feds - so in what way were the
Feds fulfilling a "policeman" role?
In any case, it wasn't really my intention to "compare" the deeds of
Horiuchi and McVeigh. I was merely noting that the defense of
Horiuchi by Herr Direktor Freeh could have been used nearly
verbatim in McVeigh's behalf. As you've pointed out, though, there
/is/ that crucial difference though, isn't there? One of them has a
badge and gets paid by the taxpayers, which makes him a "policeman."
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