Attack in Los Angeles...

[qjakal]

Just got a news flash...a gunman killed 2 at the El Al counter in the LA International airport, before he was also killed...spotty info on this coast though...I'm sure we're about to hear a LOT more about it shortly though... Q

 

[njjen3953]

LOS ANGELES, July 4 — A shooting at a ticket counter for Israeli airline El Al threw the nation’s third busiest airport into turmoil Thursday and left three people dead, including the Egyptian gunman. The killings came as the nation was on alert for a possible Fourth of July terrorist attack, although the FBI was withholding judgment on whether to label the airport attack as terrorism.


For complete story go to:

http://www.msnbc.com/news/776312.asp?0dm=A11RN#BODY

 

[Deleted member 2452]

a hate crime

today the athorities are calling it a hate crime, and not a terrorist attack. do you think the bullets hurt any less because it was "only" a hate crime?
and gee, big suprise, an arab killing jews?!?! now that's different...not!
steve

 

[Strelnikov]

Note that an armed citizen - a security guard - shot him dead before he could kill everyone in the area. His rights were violated, we need more gun control.

Strelnikov

 

[Oddjob0226]

I'm all for people having their own state, their own homeland, etc.....

BUT.......

I'm kind of wondering if/when we'll be seeing a few Israeli & U.S. "martyrs" engaging in some "taste-of-your-own-medicine" action!


Not that I'm volunteering.


'Cause I'm not.


I'm just saying.

 

[shark]

Oddjob

You're not the first one who ever thought about that possibility.

 

[Oddjob0226]

Since I do support a homeland for everyone, including our current enemies (I say current 'cause these things always change every few decades - damn the Hawaiian's for killing Capt. James Cook!!! Damn them all!!! 'Cept the cute ones.) AND I'm not promoting overt violence or anything I figure this might be a good place for a THEORETICAL plan, a RHETORICAL argument to be made and discussed.


A small (fictional) private group of wealthy people gets together. Pretty powerful people, who might go by the (fictional) names of ... say.... 'Will Gatez', or 'Martin Stewart' or 'Ed Turner-stein', totally made up of course, not to be taken literally.

They make a plea to suicidal Americans. To avoid any legal mess, the plea is made in an open forum like a (fictional) major newspaper so no individuals are targeted, and ONLY those who are suicidal and have not been able to achieve wellness via therapy are called on.

These (fictional) chosen few volunteer to do one last good, meaningful thing in their life. In return, the totally made up and theoretical group of wealthy indidviduals will make a payment in X amount of dollars wherever the (fictional) suicidal person wants it to be paid. Also, this person could back out of this (totally fictional and rhetorical) act act ANY time with no repercussions.

This group would also take care of whatever arrangements are needed, being that they are wealthy, powerful, private AND DO NOT ACTUALLY EXSIST. Once this has been done, planes, boats, buses, clown cars, Bull Terriers, unicycles, etc. start blowing up here, there and elsewhere........ (no kids or old people would be involved, since we can still be above the enemy in that respect - this is a fictional world, after all). But beyond that, they pull a knife, you pull a gun. They send one of yours to the hospital, you send one of theirs to the mourge. That's the Chicago way (A fictional city... I think).

Anyway, I did pretty well in my college creative writing classes.