-Caveat Lector-
Hello,
It just so happens, I live in the town where the first notable ''postal''
incident put Edmond, Oklahoma, a suburb north of Oklahoma City, on the map
in 1986. The memorial in the courtyard of the main post office here is a
constant reminder of the horror on that August 20th day.
The man who committed the thirteen murders was not a victim of union
mismanagement, nor was he mistreated on his job, nor was he a cultural
experiment. This guy was a real whacko that should have been examined long
before he went "postal" on his collegues, as he had demonstrated unusual
behavior on many occasions before this.
Personally, I will never forget this incident, as the shots rang out...
I have a post office box, and was retrieving mail in the cubicle where at
least eight people were shot behind the box doors. The man who committed
the murders was a known recluse, addicted to pornography, and was the
soldier of fortune vigilante type, and had a fetish for unusual guns. In
his home in Oklahoma City, his walls were plastered with information about
semi and automatic weapons, along with militia info.
Stressed? We all get stressed . . . it still gives no one the right to
take another's life, muchless twelve people plus one's own life in the
process.
There was no governmental abuse in this particular incident. It is clearly
a case of someone who went out of control because he could not deal with his
own self deficiencies, and failure when he was fired from his job. Clearly
a mental disorientation... nothing more, nothing less.
I will remain in agreement with my local news paper who posted the following
article ten years later, regarding the incident to remember those who still
hurt, and forget the media blitz that does not often relay the truth of the
matter.
>>
http://search.edmond.net/news/article.taf?.=get&id=35980&a=Remembering%20Tho
se%20Who%20Still%20Hurt
Published - 8-18-96
Remembering Those Who Still Hurt
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By CAROL HARTZOG
SUN Managing Editor
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Editor's Note:
On Tuesday, The SUN will honor those who died in the 1986 Edmond Post Office
tragedy.
I know that the families and friends who remain behind must face the
emotional, and some physical, scars each year on Aug. 20.
This is especially true on this the 10-year observance.
Also, I considered the death and destruction this community has felt already
since the bombing. Therefore, for these reasons, The SUN will not add to the
media blitz with stories of what happened but only will pay tribute to those
who died.
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----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Sunday, September 05, 1999 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: [CTRL] "Going Postal" and Beyond: Part I
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> I can certainly say something about the Postal Service and why there is so
> much violence within it. There is this because of many factors. The fact
> that we have a high stress job that is made worse by Unions who
ineffectively
> protect workers rights by making deals with management that the membership
> neither knows about nor approves. Management's continuing lack of concern
> for the individual and a totalitarian style which punishes all things with
> discipline (the use of leave is restricted so much that you must have
> doctor's excuse for every absence, and you must be incapacitated for work
if
> you use sick leave or it is a disciplinary action against you). Other
leave
> is stingily granted and rigidly controlled. There is the constant threat
of
> deadline and the ominous "privatization" thing always brought out of the
> woodwork to heighten the stress. The fact that there are so many veterans
> and mentally disturbed people (along with many just plain weirdoes, who
are
> really scary) makes me think these people are hired BECAUSE they are that
way
> and it is part of some plan to keep the workforce forever unstable and
> subject to random acts of violence and repression. Hey its just a thought
> but I have some knowledge on the matter. It could be incorporating a
social
> or cultural experiment since the PS is everywhere and is so big, and is so
> diverse, that it is the population in microcosm. A perfect environment to
do
> sociological experimentation, including. . .who knows what?
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