Re: [CTRL] Why don't they call the DC sniper a terrorist?

2002-10-12 Thread Prudy L
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 10/11/2002 6:25:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Why isn't the government calling this a terrorist act? They don't think the shooter is a Moslem Prudy A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL

Re: [CTRL] Why don't they call the DC sniper a terrorist?

2002-10-12 Thread Bill Howard
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 10/12/02 4:54:55 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: They don't think the shooter is a Moslem Prudy I don't know if that line will hold up or not. The gunman at the El Al ticket counter in Los Angeles on the 4th of July was a Moslem and the FBI refused to

Re: [CTRL] Why don't they call the DC sniper a terrorist?

2002-10-12 Thread Mermaid
-Caveat Lector- Because they know who it is! The Mermaid xx - Original Message - From: Prudy L To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 12:54 PM Subject: Re: [CTRL] Why don't they call the DC sniper a terrorist? -Caveat Lector- In a message dated

Re: [CTRL] Why don't they call the DC sniper a terrorist?

2002-10-11 Thread Joshua Tinnin
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: Bill Howard [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 10/10/02 10:04:03 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is it because it might not be a Muslim? Yup, remember the Egyptian who killed two people at the EL AL counter in Los Angeles? The FBI told us

Re: [CTRL] Why don't they call the DC sniper a terrorist?

2002-10-11 Thread Bill Howard
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 10/11/02 2:26:21 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As much as I don't like the idea of government trying to placate people, not calling it a terrorist act did have the effect of making it less terrifying than if they had. Here's a thought. Why, if the

Re: [CTRL] Why don't they call the DC sniper a terrorist?

2002-10-11 Thread thew
-Caveat Lector- Not at all They want hysteria, but they want carefully directed hysteria. They want you afraid of the kind of terrorists that have cells and meetings and leaders and things you can bomb. And a weird foreign name helps. Also oil if possible. Anything to keep the hatred pointed in

Re: [CTRL] Why don't they call the DC sniper a terrorist?

2002-10-11 Thread Bill Howard
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 10/10/02 10:04:03 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is it because it might not be a Muslim? Yup, remember the Egyptian who killed two people at the EL AL counter in Los Angeles? The FBI told us that wasn't a Terrorist act, also. The government won't lie to us

Re: [CTRL] Why don't they call the DC sniper a terrorist?

2002-10-11 Thread thew
-Caveat Lector- As I said then The govt. wants to rewrite the definition of terrorist to only include those who can be fought by armies. If terrorism is something that an individual can do, without warring or planning, then the war on terrorism is seen as the joke it is. on 10/11/02 11:47

Re: [CTRL] Why don't they call the DC sniper a terrorist?

2002-10-11 Thread Bill Howard
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 10/11/02 9:54:19 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The govt. wants to rewrite the definition of terrorist to only include those who can be fought by armies. You may have stumbled onto something here. A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION

Re: [CTRL] Why don't they call the DC sniper a terrorist?

2002-10-11 Thread thew
-Caveat Lector- That and pressure from the gun lobby to have terrorism involve explosives while this is just a good ol' American shootin' on 10/11/02 1:51 PM, Bill Howard at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Caveat Lector- In a message dated 10/11/02 9:54:19 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The

Re: [CTRL] Why don't they call the DC sniper a terrorist?

2002-10-11 Thread Bill Howard
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 10/11/02 12:57:44 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That and pressure from the gun lobby to have terrorism involve explosives while this is just a good ol' American shootin' Haven't heard much about bio-terrorism or chem-terrorism beyond the middle easterners

Re: [CTRL] Why don't they call the DC sniper a terrorist?

2002-10-11 Thread Jim Rarey
-Caveat Lector- That is really a cheap shot! JR - Original Message - From: thew To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [CTRL] Why don't they call the DC sniper a terrorist? -Caveat Lector-That and pressure from the gun lobby to have "terrorism"

[CTRL] Why don't they call the DC sniper a terrorist?

2002-10-10 Thread thew
Title: Why don't they call the DC sniper a terrorist? -Caveat Lector- Is it because it might not be a Muslim? -- -- -- -- -- -- - -- - -- -- - - - - -- --- -- - - - - -- - - - -- -- - -- - We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is