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"?
>
>
>
> 
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