Nordic, There could be several answers to your questions.
This could just be a "pressure release" right before tax time. How many Americans just can't pay their taxes this year? A guy flies a plane into the IRS building and we cheer for him like we would some Robin-Hood-like hero on television. I don't know the psychological term for this, but it's like watching "V for Vendetta" and cheering when Parliament blows up. Your mind has experienced it through the trancelike medium of film (or television) so there's no need for you yourself to go out and do it. Someone else does it, you experience it through them and there is no need for further violent protest.
The tax theme at this time of year is important to look at as people spend nights and weekends struggling to make sense of their taxes. He could have done this in July or October, why now?
This could just be one event of many smaller ones to come which may lead to more draconian laws or some other institutional response. Someone in the near future may go in person to a government office or to a bank or some other institution that has "screwed us" and cause mayhem, or several other small incidents may occur as part of some bigger plan. Maybe we're not done. Hold on to your hats!
This could have been done just for the simple reason of keeping 911 in the front of our minds. Just seeing the wreckage of this building and hearing what happend will make EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN think of 911 and think about it for days. Maybe we are being "softened up."
The manifesto, I thought, was very clearly written and methodical. It made sense to any American reading it. We are meant to sympathize with this guy.
dbcooper41, those are excellent questions. I liked your rapid-fire asking of them, too. All very good and making me think.
