Man blows up his house and flies aeroplane into tax office

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My wife had been terrorized by a mouse. To label a mouse a terrorist is going a bit too far. Many people can be terrorized by all sorts of things not intended to be an act of terror. There was no agenda, just frustration and anger.

There is nothing to be afraid of but fear itself.
Avoid cowards, because you might accidentally terrorize them.

If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.
George S. Patton

He should have just moved to some tax haven.

He's in one now.

Ah, so he was a tax dodger . . . yup, i have no sympathy for him. Granted, we all know that the gov't is only trying to sponge up money from the middle class, but there are other ways to get them without committing an epic-fail suicide run.

I don't think I would have recommended the 'run for office' option for this guy either though - unless the whole idea is making the suggestion that he'd get two votes - from his wife and his dog, maybe a few additional votes from local high school anarchists.

On a completely different note though, and I mean completely different as I only bring it up because tax evaders are being held up against tax resisters, compared and contrasted, I definitely think that something good will come of the tea parties if some of the brighter people in that (ie. the more economic conservatives, more libertarian perhaps than social conservative) start getting involved in the political process, running for governorships, House of Representatives, Senate, etc.. Those in the tea parties don't like the dems, don't like the republican party either but feel its closer to being a badly watered down version of what they believe in than an antithesis, likely would clean a lot of the crap out of the republican party if they, in large enough droves, joined and replaced old-hat politicians who might just have their heads too lost in DC to have a sense of what's really going on around them. So in the case of the tax resisters - I'm very much encouraged with them getting into CPAC and making an influence, they'll likely be haggling it out with most of the current establishment to get a better sense of where their ideas make sense vs. which ones are unrealistic (ie. I still think for all Ron Paul's strong points he has some scary naivities - I think we can do better), and from that we may - not guaranteed but may - have a better breed of politician.

Amused. I know I am.

http://www.statesman.com/news/local/cra ... 62037.html

If you were in any way, shape, or form related to Vernon Hunter, your attitude would be much, much less callous.

What a horribly metaphysical objection - and a moot one at that. Almost everyone who "simply [does] not want to pay taxes" rationalizes it with some moral objection to taxation.

Furthermore, many prominent tea partisan speakers and rally attendees express sympathy for this guy.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/opinion/28rich.html

I am not at all callous. That Hunter was killed was pretty much a matter of chance than intent. The protest was a mindless act of frustrated anger and not aimed at an individual.

How does the fact that one family suffered a personal tragedy elevate a murder-suicide to an act of terrorism? Oh right, it suits your politics better that way...

The fact that this case pretty much fits almost all ostensive definitions is quite inconvient for your militia fantasy politics, I know. But that doesn't negate the fact that flying planes into buildings kamikaze style with the intent to kill civillians (people not employed by the military) to scare political foes IS THE PLATONIC IDEAL OF TERRORISM.

The fact Joseph Stack failed miserably (not to undermine the death of Vernon Hunter, but Stack's goals were more in line with massacre than individual murder) to murder as many people as he wanted doesn't negate that fact.

How do you know he had murder on his mind? Perhaps he just wanted to destroy as much property as possible as a violent protest.

That would still be terrorism.