Domestic terrorists fail in attack

[MattNC]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5842216/ - Anyone seen this?? Not sure I saw any threads here about it.

[in_cog_ni_to]

1. No, I haven't seen it.

Rabid pro-lifers are at it again. I'm glad no one was hurt.

[sub.theory]

2. Thanks - hadn't seen this yet

Interesting. I think we can take a stab at what manner of creature is behind this, no?

[newyawker99]

4. Hi sub.theory!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[The Straight Story]

3. Why people in this country resort to such things

is sometimes (not always) beyond me. If they cannot make a logical case, take it to the people/congress/et al, then maybe they need to look at their views and analyze them a bit more.

As a christian I can be opposed to a lot of things - but that simply means, to me, that I don't have to partake in them myself. My job is not to prevent others from sinning, it is to have a one to one relationship with God and keep myself on his path. That does not mean i shouldn't share my views (we all do that on a variety of things) but I cannot see the need generally to legislate such things into law - it is better to change the hearts and minds of people than to force them to do things. Make them want to and there is no need for anything else.

I support the church having it's by-laws, ideas, and own structure for it's organization, and even having input (like we all do in a republic/democracy) into ideas for laws or how to do things, but America is not the church (and vice versa). People choose their faith, but many are born here and have the inherent right to not choose things as well. God gave man the freedom to make choices, we should do no less.

Oddly enough, I can see a view from other faiths to rationalize such actions as bombing abortion/stem cell places, but not in the christian faith really (and no, I am not slamming them - just referring to some tibetan buddhism which I studied that referred to saving the lives of many by taking the life of a few was good karma ).

Of course - the bible, constitution, buddhism, et al all have one thing in common - people interpret them. And people are imperfect (certainly myself at top of that list). Often well meaning folks will do things which really do not help them at all (or their philosophy/politics/religion/etc).

Some christians (insert religion here) believe that taking the lives of those who would kill many saves more lives, and so they justify their actions. This, imho, is often wrong (though I would see it as right perhaps in killing hitler and others like him before they murdered so many). It all gets tricky really :) If god wanted hitler dead, he could have done so easily (well, not really, I have a theory on it all...).

But I digress, sorry to go off on a tangent and thank you for posting this article as I had brushed over it earlier in the day while working.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. Story in LBN

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=781156

and follow up in Boston Herald: Home raided for clues in biotech bomb attack

The amazing thing is that, although the company says it doesn't know why someone would do this to them:

"``There's no reason to believe it's a terrorist act, but there is reason to believe that someone wanted to do harm to that company,'' said a source familiar with the investigation."

It sure sounds like terrorism to me - a bomb without a specified motive.

[mmonk]

6. There definitely is

a cauldron of evil pushed by the right in this country.