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Originally Posted by TSGracchus
No. The Weathermen planted bombs that destroyed government property. Those bombs caused precisely ZERO casualties -- nobody was killed, nobody was hurt.
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Not true - during their ongoing criminal enterprise, they managed to kill two of their co-conspirators.
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Originally Posted by TSGracchus
They made sure of that. Destruction of property is vandalism, and vandalism is exactly the word to apply to it.
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At a minimum, it's arson, not vandalism. Certainly not a petty misdemeanor.
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Originally Posted by TSGracchus
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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I beg to disagree - your interpretation seems to be an attempt to excuse the very serious criminal nature of their conduct. Or perhaps even glorify it as something noble.
Sorry, but there is nothing noble, admirable, or even excusable about bombing things.
Personally, I'd have no issue with the lot of them setting in prison for life as a result of the deaths of their co-conspirators. And your implications to the contrary, that has nothing to do with their politics, just their criminal actions.
Matt