Who's the Terrorist and Who's Just Throwing Food?
In the past few days, we've gotten a couple new reminders that we still face real dangers in this country, and they may not even be from foreign terrorists.
When the USA Patriot Act was passed, I hoped that the justice that would be handed down on the likes of al-Qaeda would also apply to domestic terrorist groups. Just in case you'd forgotten that we actually HAD domestic terrorist groups, the Earth Liberation Front provided a perfect reminder this week when they torched a new housing development. Apparently, the green technology used to build and run these homes was meaningless to these environmental wackjobs, who operate on the principal that the only "green" way to build a home is not to build one. These guys and their buddies, the Animal Liberation Front have torched their way all over the Pacific Northwest, creating a danger to humans that of course doesn't register with these people, because they'd rather see humans die than animals any day.
Why should the ELF not face the same punishment and scrutiny as foreign terrorists? I say round them all up, convict them, throw the book at them... hell, send them to Gitmo for the rest of their lives. They're no more sane or reasonable than those who pervert the Quran to justify blowing themselves up and killing innocent people.
Unfortunately, just when we thought that enviro-nuts with a pyromania problem were the worst of our troubles, early this morning, the military recruiting office in Times Square in New York City was bombed. I haven't heard anybody say this yet, and I know I will get attacked for it, but I'm going to tell you the first thing I thought when I heard about the bombing... "Anti-war group? I mean, why else would they choose perhaps the most well-known and most visible military recruiting station in the country?" Don't tell me the thought didn't cross your mind when you immediately cycled through your mental list of possible suspects. Well now it looks like I'm right, because offices all over Capitol Hill have received letters saying "We did it", and there are reports of a political manifesto denouncing the Iraq war among the letters from this terrorist group. And that is what they are now. PLEASE do not take this as me saying we need to round up all anti-war groups; that is NOT what I am saying. You protest, that's okay. But throw a bomb at a recruiting station, you are now a terrorist and should be dealt with as such. See above for my recommendations on what to do with these guys as well should we find them.
Whatever the case, perhaps now we will spend more time focusing on those who seriously would do us harm and less time on those who we THINK might possibly be construed to SOMEHOW do us harm through some exaggeration of the term "harm." By this, I would be referring to those of our younger population who continue to run afoul of our schools' zero tolerance violence policies. If you didn't hear about this one, the latest example comes from Laramie, Wyoming, where police cited three 13-year old girls for "hurling missiles". 13-year old girls in Wyoming with missiles? This is serious! Is this one of those wacko fringe groups from the mountains plotting to overthrow the government? An attempt by al-Qaeda to establish a terror cell in the U.S. under everyone's noses?
No. Because the "missiles" these girls were "hurling"... were french fries.
Now there had been rumors of a food fight at Laramie Junior High, and the principal had warned of consequences if anyone got caught throwing food. The girls were suspended for three days. Okay, that's fine. But having the police charge them with "hurling missiles"? Now these girls have to be tried AS ADULTS and this may give them a criminal record for the rest of their lives! What good does that do and how the hell does that make Laramie, Wyoming, or ANYWHERE for that matter, a safer place to live? Way to ram the point home that it's not okay to throw a french fry at someone. And while the Police Chief of Laramie pats himself on the back for stopping another "violent" act in his town, those of us who know better will continue to be vigilant in going after the REAL threats to homeland security...
When the USA Patriot Act was passed, I hoped that the justice that would be handed down on the likes of al-Qaeda would also apply to domestic terrorist groups. Just in case you'd forgotten that we actually HAD domestic terrorist groups, the Earth Liberation Front provided a perfect reminder this week when they torched a new housing development. Apparently, the green technology used to build and run these homes was meaningless to these environmental wackjobs, who operate on the principal that the only "green" way to build a home is not to build one. These guys and their buddies, the Animal Liberation Front have torched their way all over the Pacific Northwest, creating a danger to humans that of course doesn't register with these people, because they'd rather see humans die than animals any day.
Why should the ELF not face the same punishment and scrutiny as foreign terrorists? I say round them all up, convict them, throw the book at them... hell, send them to Gitmo for the rest of their lives. They're no more sane or reasonable than those who pervert the Quran to justify blowing themselves up and killing innocent people.
Unfortunately, just when we thought that enviro-nuts with a pyromania problem were the worst of our troubles, early this morning, the military recruiting office in Times Square in New York City was bombed. I haven't heard anybody say this yet, and I know I will get attacked for it, but I'm going to tell you the first thing I thought when I heard about the bombing... "Anti-war group? I mean, why else would they choose perhaps the most well-known and most visible military recruiting station in the country?" Don't tell me the thought didn't cross your mind when you immediately cycled through your mental list of possible suspects. Well now it looks like I'm right, because offices all over Capitol Hill have received letters saying "We did it", and there are reports of a political manifesto denouncing the Iraq war among the letters from this terrorist group. And that is what they are now. PLEASE do not take this as me saying we need to round up all anti-war groups; that is NOT what I am saying. You protest, that's okay. But throw a bomb at a recruiting station, you are now a terrorist and should be dealt with as such. See above for my recommendations on what to do with these guys as well should we find them.
Whatever the case, perhaps now we will spend more time focusing on those who seriously would do us harm and less time on those who we THINK might possibly be construed to SOMEHOW do us harm through some exaggeration of the term "harm." By this, I would be referring to those of our younger population who continue to run afoul of our schools' zero tolerance violence policies. If you didn't hear about this one, the latest example comes from Laramie, Wyoming, where police cited three 13-year old girls for "hurling missiles". 13-year old girls in Wyoming with missiles? This is serious! Is this one of those wacko fringe groups from the mountains plotting to overthrow the government? An attempt by al-Qaeda to establish a terror cell in the U.S. under everyone's noses?
No. Because the "missiles" these girls were "hurling"... were french fries.
Now there had been rumors of a food fight at Laramie Junior High, and the principal had warned of consequences if anyone got caught throwing food. The girls were suspended for three days. Okay, that's fine. But having the police charge them with "hurling missiles"? Now these girls have to be tried AS ADULTS and this may give them a criminal record for the rest of their lives! What good does that do and how the hell does that make Laramie, Wyoming, or ANYWHERE for that matter, a safer place to live? Way to ram the point home that it's not okay to throw a french fry at someone. And while the Police Chief of Laramie pats himself on the back for stopping another "violent" act in his town, those of us who know better will continue to be vigilant in going after the REAL threats to homeland security...
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