Klarinet Archive - Posting 000559.txt from 2003/12

From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] PETA terrorism?
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 09:32:56 -0500

James O'Briant wrote:

> In the last two or three months, there have been at least two bombings
> within 100 miles of where I live -- bombings carried out by PETA members
> against company buildings of which the organization does not approve.
> There were no fatalities; I recall reading that there WERE injuries in
> at least one of the bombings. One of the bombers is now on the FBI's
> "10 most wanted" list.
>
> That may not be terrorism on the scale of 9-11, but it IS terrorism.
>
> To my knowledge, PETA has neither taken credit for the bombings nor
> renounced them.
>
>>From my perspective, it appears that the "people for the ethical
> treatment of animals" have a lack of concern regarding the ethical
> treatment of human beings.
>
> Jim O'Briant
> Bayside Music Press
> Gilroy, CA 95020
>
> http://www.baysidemusicpress.com
>
Jim, because I live just up the street from you, so to speak, in Los
Altos, I was also struck by the bomber's implicit assumption that humans
do not have the same rights as animals.

Such vicious and destructive ideas are often found in people who hold
view so strongly, that they presume them to have the same truths as
Euclidean geometry. I see such people as anarchists who also achieve
their politial and/or social goals through destruction of those who
oppose them.

This appears to be the operative element of small scare thugs and large
scale ones as well such as Hamas and Al Queida.

--
Dan Leeson
leeson0@-----.net

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