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Was the Austin Plane Crash Domestic Terrorism?

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Re: Was the Austin Plane Crash Domestic Terrorism?

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Post by Scott_MacGregor »

It is not terrorism it was a guy named Joe Stack from Austin. The founder of a software business. Apparently he was ticked off at the IRS for interfering with his business.

He founded his company in California but moved to Austin to take advantage of the growing high tech industry in Texas.

Here is a copy of his online posting just before he did this:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0218102stack...

Austin is so nice and crime free something like this is crazy.

Re: Was the Austin Plane Crash Domestic Terrorism?

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Post by trapspam »

Scott_MacGregor wrote: post #2

It is not terrorism it was a guy named Joe Stack from Austin. The founder of a software business. Apparently he was ticked off at the IRS for interfering with his business. He founded his company in California but moved to Austin to take advantage of the growing high tech industry in Texas. Here is a copy of his online posting just before he did this: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0218102stack... Au…

if the guy's name was Mohammed instead of Joe... think people would say, 'awww, that's just a patriotic guy standing up for his right to not pay taxes'?

Re: Was the Austin Plane Crash Domestic Terrorism?

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Post by noelchurchill »

Scott_MacGregor wrote: post #2

It is not terrorism it was a guy named Joe Stack from Austin. The founder of a software business. Apparently he was ticked off at the IRS for interfering with his business. He founded his company in California but moved to Austin to take advantage of the growing high tech industry in Texas. Here is a copy of his online posting just before he did this: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0218102stack... Au…

According to the FBI terrorism is: "Domestic terrorism refers to activities that involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any state; appear to be intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; to influence the policy of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States."

Flying a plane into the IRS building would certainly fall into that definition.

Link: http://www.fbi.gov/publications/terror/terror2000_2001.htm

Re: Was the Austin Plane Crash Domestic Terrorism?

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Post by csbrooks »

Scott_MacGregor wrote: post #2

It is not terrorism it was a guy named Joe Stack from Austin. The founder of a software business. Apparently he was ticked off at the IRS for interfering with his business. He founded his company in California but moved to Austin to take advantage of the growing high tech industry in Texas. Here is a copy of his online posting just before he did this: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0218102stack... Au…

Does it matter what his name was, or where he's from? This sure seems like an act of terrorism to me.

Re: Was the Austin Plane Crash Domestic Terrorism?

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Post by there »

to quote bruce schneier:

The point of terrorism is to cause terror, sometimes to further a political goal and sometimes out of sheer hatred. The people terrorists kill are not the targets; they are collateral damage. And blowing up planes, trains, markets or buses is not the goal; those are just tactics. The real targets of terrorism are the rest of us: the billions of us who are not killed but are terrorized because of the killing. The real point of terrorism is not the act itself, but our reaction to the act.

this guy wasn't a terrorist. he wasn't trying to inflict terror on anyone, he was pissed off at a specific target (the IRS) and took out his anger on that specific target.

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