tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post551551083100641092..comments2023-11-03T06:32:28.410-04:00Comments on Staring At Empty Pages: Terrorism on American soilBarry Leibahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14205294935881991457noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-79786118866623648812009-06-05T10:33:37.704-04:002009-06-05T10:33:37.704-04:00I don't think that something has to terrorize ...I don't think that something has to terrorize everyone equally in order to qualify as terrorism. It can be targeted, and this is. The lunatic fringe of the movement is, by attacking doctors and staff, by bombing facilities, by harassing and threatening patients, trying to exert control through fear.<br /><br />They are terrorizing doctors, who fear they might be crippled or killed. They are terrorizing people who work at medical facilities, who fear being blown up. They are terrorizing the women who need the services, who fear for the safety of themselves and their families when they're followed home and threatened.<br /><br />This individual act is a single murder. The pattern of behaviour surrounding it, through the network that supports it... is, indeed, terrorism.<br /><br />You're right that I, personally, do not feel directly threatened by these people: I am not a doctor, I do not work at a medical facility, and I will never need these particular services. But I <i>do</i> feel threatened by the fact that these organizations can continue their tactics of harassment, violence, and terror. That individual incidents are prosecuted as though they were truly individual. That they have <a href="http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/31/tiller/" rel="nofollow">support from the media</a> for what they do.<br /><br />Yes, that scares me.Barry Leibahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14205294935881991457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-88188903933961208202009-06-05T02:02:35.120-04:002009-06-05T02:02:35.120-04:00Please, it's not terrorism. It's murder, ...Please, it's not terrorism. It's murder, plain and simple. Is this comparable to the attack on the Murrah Building? No. Did he cause a blast in a marketplace? No. Do you, a random citizen, feel more threatened as a result of Roeder's vile act? Highly doubtful. There's a crime here, but it is not terrorism.scouter573https://www.blogger.com/profile/10617089494446058172noreply@blogger.com