Do you not feel the way he did sometimes? Have you ever? Yeah it's tragic, it's actually really sad that this guy was in such a place. And I am not unsympathetic in my response and I do not devalue his life or the life of the people who died in anyway. I'm just astounded that someone in his position actually did something like this. He was really struggling against the IRS, but reading his essay it seemed like the IRS was just microcosm of the US government. He could have done a lot more damage and killed ALOT more people if he wanted to, like someone said. He wasn't a stupid guy. So I see his action symbolically, as an act of communication to the US government in a way that he could not have without doing this. By using a plane he's making obvious references to 911 and making a very clear anti-Us statement. He said it himself that he spent ten years fruitlessly attempting to communicate with senators and other gov officials. He could have been deferred to different personnel for his entire life and never actually make a change. Not that this action will make a change but I think it has a lot of weight and certainly impact if we're all talking about it.
So to call him a fucking insane dude and write him off is terrible. I wish there was a way to do something with this much impact and not kill people, who individually do not deserve it, but... I guess that's what it takes. Kinda sad huh?
the guy tried to create a fake church as a tax shelter, the IRS caught on to his scheme, privileged white guy goes insane at the idea that the US constitution allows someone to take his money, he flies a plane into a building killing innocent people using inflated and vaguely-legitimate-sounding rhetoric that conveniently lines up with mass anti-government sentiment.
you're a fucking idiot and you need to reconsider why you think it is appropriate to kill people to make a largely inane and noncontributive political point that will be largely forgotten in the next three or four days. someone lost a loved one yesterday because this guy couldn't defraud on his taxes.
That’s right, you have the young gaming with the old(er), white people gaming with black people, men and women, Asian countries gaming with the EU, North Americans gaming with South Americans. Much like world sporting events like the Wolrd Cup, or the Olympics will bring together different nations in friendly competition, (note the recent Asian Cup; Iraq vs. Saudi Arabia, no violence there) we come together. The differences being, we are not divided by our nationalities and we do it 24-7, and on a personal level.
We are a community without borders and without colours, the spirit and diversity of the gaming community is one that should be looked up to, a spirit and diversity other groups should strive toward.
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