Hmmm. Great points.
But I think you are conflating the Taliban and Al Qaeda. Typically, the Taliban has not used generic violence against random civilians, but have instead used violence against people violating the very strict rules they have decided to create and enforce. (girls attending school, for instance). The fact that Roeder was arrested in 1996 with bomb-making gear in his car tells me he may not have always been planning so discriminating a target. But the fact that he did specifically target the "transgressor" is interesting. I hadn't thought that through. But the fact that he attacked him in Church seems like classic religious terrorism. As for the label, there is a Taliban. (Muslim, based in Asia). But what do we have in American, uniquely American, that feels similar. I think this guy (and his brethren) are as close as we have. On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > JJ wrote: > > WICHITA, Kan. - A man accused of > > shooting a Kansas abortion provider confessed to the slaying Monday, > telling > > The Associated Press that he killed the doctor to protect unborn > children. > > > > Sounds like a religious (Christian) terrorist vs. the Taliban who are > a Muslim group. > > Comparatively it is interesting though: > > Targeting > --------------------- > * The Christian terrorist functionally targeted his victim (i.e., > rather than the clinic's population as a whole) > * The Muslim terrorist randomly targeted his victims based on association > > Religious association > -------------------------------- > * The Christian terrorist made no reference to his religion due the > commission of the crime > * The Muslim terrorist specifically referenced his religion > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:307349 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
