Terrorist pipe bomb found in Austin

[Tchocky]

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/met...e.33e70f3.html

It's OK, the target was an abortion clinic. No need to report it.

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by Tchocky

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/met...e.33e70f3.html

It's OK, the target was an abortion clinic. No need to report it.

I always find it amusing how these people think they are saving lives by killing and maming other people to do it. Real smarties we are dealing with there! (sarcasm...choke choke)

[Heibges]

Extremists are extremists wherever you go it seems. Like that dude in Crime & Punishment. If I kill this old lady, my life will be better.

[fatty]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

I always find it amusing how these people think they are saving lives by killing and maming other people to do it. Real smarties we are dealing with there! (sarcasm...choke choke)

Do you mean the terrorists or abortion doctors?

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by fatty

Do you mean the terrorists or abortion doctors?

You are crossing the line on the subject of the thread and turning it into an abortion debate. I will not be dragged into debate on the issue since my foot sits somewhere in the direct middle. I cannot stand the idea of the government telling me or my wife what we can or can't do with our bodies, and I can't stand the idea of half developed children, especially nearly developed partial birth abortions. To me, both carry equal weight in an almost agonizing fasion. The only way to deal with it is to allow abortions and then hope people have enough sense to avoid using the service, putting them out of business. Of course in our selfish and me me me liberal world, this is not ever going to happen anytime soon.

Now you know my views on it. We have a typical catch 22 scenario with this one. Damned if you do and damned if you don't.

-S

[fatty]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

You are crossing the line on the subject of the thread and turning it into an abortion debate. I will not be dragged into debate on the issue since my foot sits somewhere in the direct middle. I cannot stand the idea of the government telling me or my wife what we can or can't do with our bodies, and I can't stand the idea of half developed children, especially nearly developed partial birth abortions. To me, both carry equal weight in an almost agonizing fasion. The only way to deal with it is to allow abortions and then hope people have enough sense to avoid using the service, putting them out of business. Of course in our selfish and me me me liberal world, this is not ever going to happen anytime soon.

Now you know my views on it. We have a typical catch 22 scenario with this one. Damned if you do and damned if you don't.

-S

Truthfully your views are close to coinciding with mine. Just wanted clarification on that (dangerously?) ambiguous post Back on topic...

Last year, the group documented four attempted bombing and arson attacks; 11 assaults against abortion providers and one kidnapping. Such attacks have been on the wane, Saporta said, a phenomena she attributes to tougher federal laws and better training for abortion personnel.

That's very startling to me. I heard about none of those; but then again, I don't hear much crime at all out of the U.S.

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

You are crossing the line on the subject of the thread and turning it into an abortion debate. I will not be dragged into debate on the issue since my foot sits somewhere in the direct middle. I cannot stand the idea of the government telling me or my wife what we can or can't do with our bodies, and I can't stand the idea of half developed children, especially nearly developed partial birth abortions. To me, both carry equal weight in an almost agonizing fasion. The only way to deal with it is to allow abortions and then hope people have enough sense to avoid using the service, putting them out of business. Of course in our selfish and me me me liberal world, this is not ever going to happen anytime soon.

Now you know my views on it. We have a typical catch 22 scenario with this one. Damned if you do and damned if you don't.

-S

The same thing happened with Skybirds capital punishment thread.

When contentious threads are posted, contentious answers will be posted.
Some will say that the abortion of one million people anually in the US is a legitimate reason for violence against those who cause those deaths. Others will say that that abortion is legal and a legitimate choice in the US, and any deaths to those who are acting in a legal manner are acts of terror.

I have my beliefs on the subject and if you search for it you will find which side I take. I will leave you with this:

Slavery was legal in the US until 1863. The elimination of 'undesirables 'was legal in Germany in the mid-20th century.

[Tchocky]

Ok my intent in posting this was* - Is anyone else suprised at the lack of news coverage given to this domestic terrorism? Is it only newsworthy when they are foreign?

* - but the thread can go anywhere within reason, of course

[TteFAboB]

The bomb didn't explode so that problably has something to do with it. Need them blood and corpses.

But on the scope of the General Topics, it makes perfect sense: we are of the opinion that Islamic terrorism is overblown since the chances of being a victim of such an attack are far too slim.

Abortion clinics are even more specified targets, have a far smaller record of cases by large (dozens versus thousands) and ridiculously contrasting bodycounts. So by the logic of SUBSIM, presupposing the probably false premise that we hold our senses of proportion and scale dear instead of having mutilated them, even reporting such a case once is already a massive overblow, thus the reason why the journalists, who must share our views, hesitate.

Can't blame them for being so prudent on their job.

[Heibges]

I believe they are charging the dude with Possession of WMD's, which carries sentence of Life in Prison.