It is at moments like these that I wish I had a better grasp of history.
For some reason I have a sneaking hunch that these "mass shootings" may
not be all that uncommon.  I don't know why, but I am just skeptical.
Hmmm, some to look into I guess.


Steve



--- "Chiaviello, Anthony" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Great excerpts! This is indeed the way society is moving - toward more
> and
> more terrorism, from the example of state terrorism to adaptations by
> splinter groups, as a result of the efficacy such methods apparently
> reflect, from their press coverage, for one reason.
>         Surely we've all noticed that incidents of random (or not) mass
> shootings have become more common recently. Yet no one seems to be
> discussing this terror and the sources of it - where? Are people going
> mad
> more often? It seems so commonplace, that I don't recall even one
> discussion
> of any of the recent 3 or 4 incidents.
>         So terrorism is the way of the future, as it seems to take more
> and
> more drastic behavior to get any attention; so those seeking attention,
> for
> whatever cause (or not), resort to more and more drastic terror. perhaps
> its
> the beginning of the end times. I'm glad I'm not a child or young adult
> in
> today's world. really.
> -Tc
> Anthony R. S. Chiaviello, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor, Professional Writing
> Department of English
> University of Houston-Downtown
> One Main Street
> Houston, TX 77009
> 713.221.8520/713.868.3979
> "Question Reality"
>
> > ----------
> > From:         [log in to unmask][SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent:         Tuesday, February 13, 2001 7:42 PM
> > To:   [log in to unmask]
> > Subject:      ecoterrorism
> >
> > I prefer evidence:
> > (Please include your quotes from Chomsky, you then are switching
> > subjects).
> > In the clips below,  if this is not fearor victimization or
> > terrorism..Then I
> > would like you to define what is? The article I was particularly
> looking
> > for
> > was the article where reaserchers in California working in the cancer
> > field
> > were sent razor blades to their homes. The article stated that
> graduate
> > students where also harassed, and many had left these fields of study
> due
> > to
> > fear of what may happen to them.
> > I've included a few more article clips below on incidents. In your
> next
> > segment,
> > I would like you to include a few articles claiming that these
> articles
> > are
> > not
> > of terrorist nature, or support your evidence that environmental
> terrorism
> > is not terrorism as you claim.
> >
> > Thankyou.
> > Lisa Dangutis
> >
> > Thankyou,
> > Lisa Dangutis
> >
> > ======================================================
> > "The changes have not occurred by vote of society or because of new
> > technologies or efficiencies. Some are the direct result of violence
> > mounted
> > by terrorists who elude apprehension and conviction, leaving victims
> > frightened. Over time, victims and potential victims adapt to the
> threats
> > by
> > changing their ways."
> > (On the subject of ecoterrorism).
> > http://www.oregonlive.com/news/99/09/st092803.html
> >
> > ======================================================
> > "The militant animal rights movement has been especially active in
> Utah.
> > Authorities link much of the radicalism to Straight Edge, which grew
> out
> > of
> > New York's 1980s underground punk rock scene. Members are strict
> > vegetarians
> > and sport short-cropped hair, combat fatigues, and tattoos. In Utah,
> > hard-liners tattoo AK-47s and AR-15s on their heads. Their ranks
> include
> > males and females mostly from middle- and upper-middle-class families.
> > Authorities say the zealots take the clean-living philosophy to an
> > extreme,
> > firebombing a McDonald's and a leather shop in the Salt Lake City
> area.
> > "You're a kid, and you've got all this testosterone, and you want to
> thump
> > anyone who eats a hamburger," says David Schwendiman, the assistant
> U.S.
> > attorney who prosecuted the Utah bombing case. "It escalates to arsons
> and
> > bombings."
> >
> > http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/000327/fur.htm
> >
> > ======================================================
> > "Two years of genetic experiments were destroyed that night, at a
> > significant
> > financial, emotional and academic cost to the lab. By all accounts the
> > first
> > incident of its kind in New York and one of only a very few in the
> eastern
> > United States, Thursday's raid also brought closer to home an issue
> that
> > has
> > been on the front burner in Europe and on the West Coast for several
> > years.
> >
> > The activists at Uplands Farm left their mark in paint -- "ELF," the
> Earth
> > Liberation Front -- tying themselves to the British-based militant
> > environmentalists who oppose the transfer of genes between different
> > plants
> > to create crops that are hardier, easier to process, better tasting or
> > more
> > nutritious. ELF, an informal coalition without a central leadership,
> > claimed
> > responsibility for the fires set at the Vail ski resort in 1998 to
> protest
> > deforestation.
> >
> > "It really isn't just property destruction; many people view this as
> > ecosystem protection," said Denny Henke, spokesman for Genetix Alert
> Press
> > Office, which publicizes anti-genetic engineering activism. "They
> believe
> > it's the corporations and research entities, they're the ones who are
> the
> > vandals."
> >
> > "We are deeply saddened by these acts and the damage done to our
> > research,"
> > said Bruce Stillman, director of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, in
> a
> > statement. "It is unfortunate that these individuals chose to use
> illegal
> > means and intimidation to promote their point of view."
> >
> > http://gefree.tao.ca/News%20Stories/00/07/20/170237.shtml
> >
> >
> > =======================================================MINNESOTA
> > LEGISLATURE
> > PASSES "ANTI-ALF" BILL
> > May 21 /99
> > AMP News
> >
> > A crime bill which includes provisions to increase penalties for
> stealing
> > animals from research labs and to impose sanctions on those who claim
> > responsibility for a such a crime passed both houses of the Minnesota
> > state
> > legislature last Saturday.
> >
> > The provisions were added in the wake of last month's attack on
> University
> > of
> > Minnesota research laboratories by animal activists. Legislators added
> a
> > clause that would make the law retroactive so that participants in the
> > UMinn
> > incident would be subject to the penalties outlined. It is expected
> > Governor
> > Jesse Ventura will sign the bill into law. The North American ALF
> > Supporters'
> > Group today announced that it has established a legal defense fund to
> > fight
> > what it terms government harassment of UMinn senior Kevin Kjonaas, who
> > acted
> > as spokesperson for the ALF in the aftermath of the attack on UMinn's
> > facility. Kjonaas goes before a federal grand jury next month.
> >
> > ======================================================
> >
> >
> > Thanks, Steve, that was the desired response! I realize my position is
> a
> > weak one, perhaps a better rhetor could make the case more
> effectively.
> > But
> > just to throw a wrench in: what about state-sponsored terrorism.
> Chomsky
> > has
> > a perspective on this.
> > -Tc
> > Anthony R. S. Chiaviello, Ph.D.
> > Assistant Professor, Professional Writing
> > Department of English
> > University of Houston-Downtown
> > One Main Street
> > Houston, TX 77009
> > 713.221.8520/713.868.3979
> > "Question Reality"
> >


=====
"In a nutshell, he [Steve] is 100% unadulterated evil. I do not believe in a 'Satan', but this man is as close to 'the real McCoy' as they come."
--Jamey Lee West

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