alt.conspiracy.pynchon.waco

[Otto Sell]

We Ain`t Comin Out

WACO as an acronym.
I don`t wanna judge the American freedom but this is what it leads to if you
let every religious fanatic his personal freedom to molast whoever he wants.
But it seems to me that this freedom is only "real" for the "right" side. I
bet, a Black Panther Community or a modern Charles M. would`ve been attacked
much earlier. Think of the Bhagwan-story in Oregon. Old Buggy was not
molasting children like David Koresh, simply collecting Rolls-Royce and
telling jokes...

Saying that TRP could be the Unabomber is crazy. Just compare the texts.
There`s not even no evidence but the Unabomber writes very simple, his
arguments are flat, whereas Pynchon`s Luddism-essay is elaborate and a
pleasure to read.

Otto
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----- Original Message -----
From: David Morris <fqmorris at hotmail.com>
To: <mitchell.coffey at baesystems.com>; <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 10:58 PM
Subject: RE: alt.conspiracy.pynchon.waco


>
> >From: "Coffey, Mitchell R"
> >
> >Your facts are wrong: no one was "Bar-B-Qued by the Feds."  The jerry
cans
> >of gasoline were poured about Koresh's building by Koresh's command, and
> >the children and other innocents were prevented from leaving the building
> >by Koresh's command.
> >
> >Now, the Feds already knew Koresh was a homicidal maniac - he began the
> >episode by responding to a legal, open and probably expected attempt to
> >serve a warrant upon him by having two (or was it four?) Feds murdered
> >unprovoked on the spot.  It follows that the Feds and Reno erred in not
> >assuming that Koresh and his lieutenants would quite likely respond to a
> >rescue attempt by murdering all adults and children under his care, then
> >killing themselves.  It follows that the Feds and Reno are guilty of a
> >gross, even criminal, error of judgment.
> >
> >However, a error in judgment does not constitute intentionally inflicting
> >the results - which it is your claim it was in your unfortunate reference
> >to Solomon.  Thus, beyond your error of fact, your moral logic is also
> >mistaken.
>
> Your facts are but one version, of which you seem so certain that I wonder
> how you came by them.  However, arguing/investigating those facts is
beyond
> this forum, I believe.  Different sets of facts will produce different
> moral-logical judgements, I therefore reject your last conclusion above.
>
> But here's a hypothetical alternative which would have removed all
> uncertainty:  Had Reno and the Feds not bashed-in the walls of the
compound,
> we wouldn't have to wonder whether it was suicide or an (accidental?) Fed
> bar-b-que.  Waiting the situation out would have removed all uncertainty.
>
> DM
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