So my "home-grown violent idiot" hypothesis was off the mark, apparently.
It seems that hatred and factionalism and separatism are the problem, not the solution. But the white supremacist bomb throwers mentioned above would certainly support exclusion and apartheid.
Being cautious, even to a degree suspicious, of others who are outside your own group is a deeply rooted as fight or flight. That alone isn't a bad thing, just an obstacle to get around on the evolutionary trail. It's when we don't work to get around it, when we let irrational fears take over, that problems arise. Unfortunately any mob, even the internet based groups, are prone to mass hysteria.
Re: Boston. It doesn't make much sense to think there is any State sponsored connection with these guys. It also doesn't add up that they are part of any well funded, highly organized terrorist sect. As buu said, all signs point to them being extremists operating on their own (at least so far). In a sad way that is a common bond for all of us. Every one of us is associated with some group that could spin off a person capable of this behavior.
Be safe all of you guys in Boston!
"Back when I was a young boy all my aunts and uncles would poke me in the ribs at weddings saying your next! Your next! They stopped doing all that crap when I started doing it to them... at funerals!"
Wrong here too. The FBI was wise to boot me out of their hiring process (after 6 months of tests and paperwork and more tests - UGH) once they realized I was deaf as a doorknob - had 'em fooled for awhile until the physical ;-)! As I certainly jumped to the wrong conclusion based on little info. Agent Scully I am not :-)! But once I saw the photos yesterday I actually did think they may be Turkish or from one of the new "x-istan" countries of the former Soviet Union and probably had ties to some Islamic terrorist groups. I also heard they were here quite a long time and that their parents, who also lived and worked here on legal greencards, had moved back to Russia last year. Doesn't seem that the father had any radical Islamic ties but who knows who the "kids" were involved with in this country - if any - or if just acting alone based on their own beliefs.Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
Twitter has been an awesome window on this entire thing. I was on till nearly 2 am PT last night... Following journalists, mostly, and Mass State Patrol.
I've been glued to it - twitter has been a better source of information than the media. Given when I see things on twitter and when the media reports it, I wonder how many of them are using twitter for information as well.
I know this is probably a silly question.........but how do you get on Twitter?
http://www.twitter.com - you can set up an account there - and then you select what you want to follow. Mine is pretty utilitarian - I follow local police, fire, town, public transportation system and a few others.
Lots of folks use apps on their phones to access it - since I'm cheap (no, frugal :-), and I use a locked down blackberry my work provides (no personal media access), I just access it via the web on my computer.
I don't understand why this is so interesting, but it seems to be 24/7 news. Other than for those of your in the Boston area I don't get it. And then, because they (the media) think they have to broadcast 24/7 it's the same damn story over and over.
They took the 2nd suspect into custody just a few minutes ago.
The media banging it to death I understood. What I didn't understand is how little I've seen of the tragedy down in Texas.
Yes, the tragedy in Texas really got ignored. Maybe they'll pick up on it now. Really tragic.......
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