Posted on 07/16/2007 12:18:20 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Two years after his 2002 graduation with honors as a double major in physics and math, Cottrell was charged and convicted as one of the nation's first ecoterrorists of the post-Sept. 11 era. He was found guilty of conspiracy and arson in the 2003 firebombings of Hummer and other sport-utility vehicle dealerships in the Los Angeles area to advocate a radical environmentalism. Two conspirators remain at large... In what prosecutors say was an example of his brazenness -- his supporters say it evidenced his behavioral disorder, one that's akin to a high-functioning autism -- Cottrell became a remorseless braggart while in hiding by ridiculing the FBI in e-mails to the Los Angeles Times after agents had arrested the wrong man... In an open letter written at the end of last year, Hawking and seven other physicists pressed federal officials to remove Cottrell from "nightmarish" violent inmates and ease restrictions so the physics graduate student can work on "his promise for an outstanding career in theoretical physics, a career in which he could make major contributions to society, through science."
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Yeah, like figuring out how to "firebomb" Western civilization instead of little stuff like Hummers.
This is the problem when you dumb down and brainwash children with socialist (or, for that matter, any) BS. The average kids are further handicapped and the smart kids go insane trying to reconcile Truth with the crap they're being taught.
Ex-University of Chicago ‘genius’ turned ecoterrorist
Chicago Tribune | 07/13/07 | Michael Martinez
Posted on 07/13/2007 12:39:10 PM EDT by Enchante
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