tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119906447472922361.post145147335903613317..comments2023-12-21T22:03:18.964-08:00Comments on Sound and fury, signifying nothing: What's a "terrorist" again?Dade Cariagahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13431049944346345893noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119906447472922361.post-16231247899027733732010-03-01T12:50:49.749-08:002010-03-01T12:50:49.749-08:00Yeah, and he quoted the Communist Manifesto favora...Yeah, and he quoted the Communist Manifesto favorably.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16661947386656637655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119906447472922361.post-77572325444779041272010-02-24T09:11:23.650-08:002010-02-24T09:11:23.650-08:00@ anonymous. The guy wrote a suicide note outlini...@ anonymous. The guy wrote a suicide note outlining his agenda, in which he explicitly stated that he hoped his agenda would be advanced by his actions.<br /><br />The agenda was not much different from Timothy McVeigh's agenda.Dan Binmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09631203781543243534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119906447472922361.post-86009088745893660262010-02-22T20:42:39.858-08:002010-02-22T20:42:39.858-08:00This post is dopey. If the guy were using a suicid...This post is dopey. If the guy were using a suicide attack or other atrocity to advance a particular agenda, he'd be a terrorist, whether he were right wing, left wing, Muslim or martian. <br /><br />That's why McVeigh was regarded as a domestic terrorist. He was not a lone actor, and he was still at large when the act was committed. Of course, one can be a lone terrorist too, such as the Unabomer (a white guy, as it happens). <br /><br />This case is not terrorism but simply a single act of striking out, destroying oneself and taking a little revenge in the process. <br /><br />I do agree with the other commenter that there is a difference between terrorism and sabotage and people ought to make the distinction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119906447472922361.post-80938600167789852262010-02-22T16:34:49.825-08:002010-02-22T16:34:49.825-08:00I was just wondering, do folk ever refer to Timoth...I was just wondering, do folk ever refer to Timothy Mcveigh as a terrorist. I know they call him the Oklahoma city bomber, but I don't ever really recall it being referred to as an act of terror. Am I wrong in this thinking. I don't follow it much so I don't know for sure.<br /><br />Now, vegans freeing fur animals and burning SUV's when folk aren't in 'em, I've heard that referred to as terrorism.Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14422661489753353784noreply@blogger.com