Eric Rudolph--Sympathy for the Devil?

Diogenes:

Quietman1920:

[Sanctimonious sarcastic GoHeels]

Now I don’t approve of bombs in Olympic Parks, abortion clinics, or gay bars. Nevertheless, this is a good opportunity for Diogenes and quietman1920 to ponder what the victims might have done to provoke Rudolph’s rage. They should ask themselves: Why does Rudolph and his ilk hate me? While his methods are inexcusable, Diogenes and quietman1920 might find Rudolph has some legitimate grievances.

[\Sanctimonious sarcastic GoHeels]

For the record, my feelings toward Rudolph himself, not to mention his actions, are in 100 percent agreement with the two posters I mentioned.

Oh, come on GoHeels I can’t think of the slightest thing that Alice Hawthorne might have done to Eric Rudolph.

Oh, well maybe that an African-American woman would dare attend an event at the Olympic Park? That should be more than enough grievance to explain Rudolph’s rage. :rolleyes:

What states did all of these crimes occur? And, which ones have the death penalty?

I’m torn between him being locked away in solitary for the rest of his life, allowing no visitors/mail or just putting him in a small room with about twenty home made bombs like he made and let them all go off…one…by…one.

Shirley The terrorist bombings are Federal crimes, so AFAIK it really doesn’t make any difference. But since you asked, Georgia and Alabama.

Would that be Gordon Kahl? He was a North Dakota farmer who murdered two US Marshalls in 1983. He went on the lam for several years before he was finally killed in a shootout with federal law enforcent. He was hidden and abetted all that time by the locals. He was a member of Posse Comitatus, an anti-government, whacko, militia group.

I lived in North Dakota for years. My wife is from rural North Dakota. There is definitely a lot of anti-government sentiment up there and Kahl is still regarded as a folk hero by many (my brother-in-law for one).

I think it might be-it sounds about right. Is there anyway to find out if this was the one on Unsolved Mysteries?

Yeah, well that’s what the OP reminded me of. People are really stupid.

I would imagine that many of the same people who support the murderer Rudolph also deplore Bin Laden and Palestinian suicide bombers.

As a non-religious type, I find this ludicrous.

“Well, MY god says you can murder people for X.”

“Screw You, My god says you can murder people for Y, so YOUR god is wrong!”

“Well, ok then, let’s just murder each other.”

Repeat for a few thousand years…

. . . and you have just described far too much of human history.

It must be pure hell, wring, when you don’t ask nicely. :smiley:

well actually, yes, it is.

however, the “asked you nicely” referred to when I (in my mind) asked you nicely to not put words in my mouth. See, this would be another example of that.

I can think of about 4 or 5 occasions where (in my mind) I lost my temper w/other posters. Your biggest clue would be if the word “fuck” appears minimally 4 times per sentence. ALso, if the post ends in “fucking fuck”.

Fucking fuck.

( :wink: ) Foghorn Leghorn: that was a joke, son.

I read this to my husband. He thinks they should just give Rudolph to Richard Jewel, period. Do with him what you will, Mr. Jewel.

Nitpick: It’s Jewell. And he got 500 grand from NBC.

5-Time Champ:

My post was intended to be sarcastic, Champ, which is why I qualified it with the "[Sanctimonious sarcastic GoHeels] tag.

Alice Hawthorne died needlessly because of that scumbag Rudolph. Fuck him.

My conjecture of why Rudolph would bomb the Atlanta Olympics,(having lived in the South, with some experience with White Supremacist diatribe);

:::The Olympics fosters multi-cultural activities, parading a mixing of races, and showcases Negroes and Commies as being superior to White American people, by their triumph in athletic events. This is not to be tolerated; another example of the Great White Race being humiliated at the hands of the Evil Liberal Jew media. To have it brought to the South, in Atlanta,which the Yankees scorched in order to bring down the Free South means WAR again’! Man’s gotta do what a Man’s gotta do…:::

Well, you get that fucked-up picture. To some minds, the world has gone to Hell if it condones activities beyond their small scope of vision. So, bomb 'em, take 'em out, infidels! The Chosen Us will be favored and prevail!

I’m Buddhist, so am biting my tongue wif compassion as to what Heaven that action holds.

Awfully fucking hard.

Well ol’ dopey me, :smack: Sorry GoHeels

~sigh~ White supremacists don’t only live in the South.

~J

~fighting ignorance, one Yankee at a time~ :smiley:

…fighting wars 150 years Over too. Unless you meant Derek Jeter.

No problem, 5-time Champ.

To be fair, it might not have been my best idea to place a sarcastic post on this thread. After 9/11, I heard similar “Yes, but…” types of arguments that were definitely not sarcastic from some of my friends - I considered these arguments highly offensive. I wanted to highlight the ridiculousness of the “Yes, but…” argument by posting it in a sarcastic manner on this thread, when the villain in question acted against so-called “progressive” targets (women’s clinic, gay bar).

Sorry for the hijack.