simian1 wrote:All this hand-wringing about him killing "innocent" people bugs me. It's as if people really want to support this murderer, if only he hadn't killed a pretty woman. Convenient that he did, and shocking that he still has so much support in spite of it.
There are no "innocent" people on this planet. All children carry the burden of their parent's choices, and are obliged to address their mistakes. Being good taxpaying middle class citizens of the biggest war machine in history doesn't qualify us as innocent. Ever wonder why we are wealthy when so many are dirt poor? It's because our parents/ancestors made a choice to join the winning team, a team founded upon a legion of shooters like Dorner. People are murdered tortured and enslaved for our cellphones, but we cry "Don't shoot! I'm innocent!" when somebody manages to get through the legion of brainwashed Dorners that we hide behind. I know, it's easier to blame the one percent for everything.
On the other hand if murder is wrong then it's wrong, innocence is not an issue. If murder is not wrong, then it's simply a personal choice as to whether or not it is justified. IMO murder for ideology is true insanity, the ultimate weapon of the system. By that standard Dorner's revenge killings are far more sane than the handiwork of Breivik, Weathermen, etc. who create more division through false ideology. And yet it is the ideological mass murderers like Hitler and Che Guevara who so many revere. Because they stood for something, right? Unless you dont believe in what they stood for, in which case they are evil and the enemy that must be fought.
True believers die hard, and it's clear that Dorner never came to terms with his own hypocrisy. His false self image of a true blue Righteous Protector is what led him to jeopardize his career for Justice instead of either quitting or becoming corrupt like a sane person would. Not all corrupt cops are bad cops. Being a cop, like being a soldier, is a job you get paid for, no more no less. Dorner's insanity lies in the fact that his job WAS his identity. And in his line(s) of work, murder IS justified. Despite his idiotic political shout-outs, there is no real ideology in his manifesto. His beef is personal, not ideological. That's why I have a shred of sympathy for Dorner and nothing but contempt for the Breiviks/Weathermen of this world. That and the fact that Ive had my dealings with violent, corrupt racist cops and lawyers.
First time poster but just want to say I love your blog Jeff!
That's quite the first post! (I wish mine was as well thought out) Well you get the award for having one of the ballsiest I've seen on here...welcome aboard!
By the way, you touch upon something...we are suppose to believe MSNBC is the "liberal" network...yet the other day Brian Williams was trying to make me feel bad that a guy who bragged about being the world's
deadliest serial sniper in Iraq was (surprise surprise) gunned down himself. Or we're suppose to feel bad in the portrayal of the Camp Champman attack in Zero Dark Thirty because 4 Blackwater and 3 CIA people were killed
by al Kwayduhs. I'm like, gimme a break Charlie Brown.
Btw to take the Pentagon attack as face value, it technically wasn't a terror attack
"Do you know who I am? I am the arm, and I sound like this..."-man from another place, twin peaks fire walk with me
) , mental health, access, privacy, and the like that make me a bit nervous and suspicious at once. regardless of its origin and the unfortunate, unavoidable denouement, this story will continue to be spun in ways not yet fully glimpsed.
