Thursday, September 02, 2010

Bill Clinton in April 2010: “There can be real consequences when what you say animates people who do things you would never do"

Al Gore and the Discovery Channel Hostage Taker | Climategate Book
Wednesday, a gun wielding, bomb toting, eco-terrorist—who claimed to have been “awakened” by Al Gore’s Oscar winning film, An Inconvenient Truth—was shot and killed by police after holding several people hostage inside the Discovery Channel headquarters in Maryland.

Sadly, it’s not the first incident of someone going berserk after taking in Gore’s work.
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The first eco-screed noted above was written by Al Gore in his book, Earth In The Balance. The latter was typed in a 120-square foot Montana shack by Ted Kaczynski, a.k.a. the Unabomber. Also found in Kaczynski’s hovel, a copy of Earth In The Balance.

Kaczynski apparently was quite taken by Al Gore’s missive. His copy of Earth In The Balance was dog-eared, underlined, marked and well worn. He obviously saw himself as some sort of “resistance fighter".
Al Gore or the Unabomber?
It may be more difficult to decide than you think.
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Each quote below is either from Al Gore's Book Earth in the Balance or from the Unabomber's Manifesto.

After each quote choose either Gore or Unabomber.
Flashback: Clinton Sees Echoes of McVeigh in ‘Antigovernment’ Sentiment - The Corner - National Review Online
There can be real consequences when what you say animates people who do things you would never do,” Mr. Clinton said in an interview, saying that Timothy McVeigh, who carried out the Oklahoma City bombing, and those who assisted him, “were profoundly alienated, disconnected people who bought into this militant antigovernment line.”

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