What was this Random people get killed for > using their neighbors phone (a couple of days ago that happened near here).
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Haley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 2:35 PM Subject: RE: CNN NEWS break > Angel, > > I'm torn on whether to agree with you or not. Washington State recently > sentenced to death (in Pierce County where Tacoma is ...) Robert Yates, who > was a serial killer who preyed on prostitutes. I had some of the same > reactions you are when the local papers would make such a big deal about our > "safety". Umm, I'm not a prostitute so I didn't feel my safety was > threatened. Not that he shouldn't have been hunted down and not that he > shouldn't get the death penalty, but the hype was way too much for the > situation. He wasn't a terrorist. > > Did the sniper on the other hand "terrorize" the DC area? Were your chances > of getting killed better than winning the lottery? Yeah, probably, but > should it have affected everyone's lives as much as the media made it? They > were random killings (hideous, but still random). Random car accidents > happen. Random drive-by shootings happen. Random people get killed for > using their neighbors phone (a couple of days ago that happened near here). > There will always be random acts that endanger our lives. > > I guess I'm leaning towards agreeing with Gel that the hype was a little > much ... but it may be buffered by 3,000 miles or so ... > > Dan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Angel Stewart [mailto:gel@;silkcotton.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 10:55 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: CNN NEWS break > > > Fine..but then were all Serial murderers terrorists? I've never seen > them described as such. > > > A string of 7-11 robberies by three men in one state....would that be > terrorism? (let's say some people died). I don't think so. > > This is someone who shot 11 people at random with a gun. > To me he's a serial killer. Killed them all with the same method, > probably all for the same reason....Serial killer. > > What terrorised more? > The killings, or the news media and their method of reporting? > > I am of the opinion that it was the latter. > > -Gel > > > -----Original Message----- > From: BethF [mailto:dawg@;alaska.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 1:48 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: CNN NEWS break > > > > Compared to that, someone shooting 11 people with a gun is murder, and > > > should be treated as such by the court of law. > > > What if I wore a bomb into a nightclub, and it blew but somehow it only > killed 11 people? Is that terrorism then or "just murder"? > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_community Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
