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Old 08-20-2008
TSGracchus TSGracchus is offline
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Re: University won't open Obama-related records now

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Originally Posted by Tim View Post
Vandalistic?

Over the top?

That is certainly a mild under-statement.
No. The Weathermen planted bombs that destroyed government property. Those bombs caused precisely ZERO casualties -- nobody was killed, nobody was hurt. They made sure of that. Destruction of property is vandalism, and vandalism is exactly the word to apply to it.

It's a crime, to be sure. I don't approve of it. But it was blown entirely out of proportion by the government at the time, and it's obvious why: because it was done in opposition to the war. The same thing, done by some loony for purely personal reasons, would not have provoked the same response.

It's being blown out of proportion on this forum, too.
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