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 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
