Why is it that those on the right can't seem think it reasonable to inquire why? After 9/11 no-one could inquire as to why (even if they condemned the actions). And once again it seems we can't ask why with regards to the plane crash into the IRS building in Texas.
To be certain, these people are clearly not of sound mind and their actions are not justified. HOWEVER, why is it some sort of cardinal sin, worthy of being vilified just as Ron Paul was, for simply having a bit of internal reflection and asking why?
Does our foreign policy have anything to do with Bin Laden, et al. and their disdain for Americans?
Does our ever prevalent and overreaching government have anything to do with the actions of McVeigh, Ayers, et al.???
What the hell happened to "question with boldness"?????
8 comments:
From the standpoint of the Austin Texas guy, I see no point in trying to figure out his "why" because he is dead, but from the standpoint of learning from the situation and trying to make sure anyone like him doesn't do the same thing he did, then I agree, we must investigate.
I think you're missing my point entirely. While you're right about the fact that he's dead, his "manifesto" as it were was a diatribe against the IRS, the complexities of our tax code and about the complete and total lack of justice in America. It is about one set of rules for individuals like you or I that may have tax issues or otherwise and yet another set of rules for the likes of Timothy Geitner or whomever else in Washington.
To be clear, it doesn't excuse this man's heinous actions but to simply just write it off as the musings or actions of a crazy man misses the point entirely. There is truth in those words. There is truth in Ron Paul's words when he says that are interventionist foreign policy bears some culpability in the perceptions of us in the middle east.
That's what I'm driving at. It is worth looking at what it is that sets off this trigger mechanism in these sorts of individuals.
I see your point but by the same token a waitress who spills coffee inadvertently on the man could have invoked the same crazy kind of attack perhaps. Not that I don't agree that there is the double standards that irk me, but that doesn't trigger extreme violence in most of us. So he could have a point, but we need to engage in the proper channels to deal with injustice, or we give crazy people the incentive to do crazy things if doing so invokes change, in my opinion.
Ron Paul took a beating on that during the GOP candidate debate.
I may not agree with all his positions, but he was right in asking that important 'why'. It was just embarrassing to the neocon portion of his party. I suspect that the intelligence experts also dug into 'why'.
As for the Austin guy, there may be more coming out on his motivation and state of mind, but
'why' appears to be the only W left of the 'five W's' regarding
that episode.
People like the Austin guy and McVeigh since he was brought up negate their own message by their actions so that's where I come down on this.
To use another example which sadly is becoming all too commonplace these days, workplace violence. Let's say you have a boss who is an absolute prick, all the workers agree but one of the workers walks into his office one day and shoots him to death. Well by that radical action the reality of the situation, that the boss was a prick who demeaned his workers gets obscured and ignored or forgotten by the subsequent action of violence so the bad boss in effect becomes a martyr undeservedly so. You know soapie I am beginning to see your point in this case that the IRS and the government is overreaching gets obscured by the radical actions of one lone guy not right in the head.
"You know soapie I am beginning to see your point in this case that the IRS and the government is overreaching gets obscured by the radical actions of one lone guy not right in the head."
And that is my point in all of this. Yet, it doesn't appear much that we'll be having an honest debate or discussion about that.
Which is also why I think going into Iraq in the first place was a big big mistake. Just sayin':)
Post a Comment