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Peace Advocate Hostage Killed -- Should He Have Known?
Publius' Forum ^ | 3/11/06 | Warner Todd Huston

Posted on 03/11/2006 1:37:20 PM PST by Mobile Vulgus

There was a nut case named Timothy Treadwell who fancied himself a modern Grizzly Adams. He was a troubled young man, a drug addict with many troubles in his short life.

He became fascinated with the idea of living among the brown bears of the Alaskan wilderness apparently as some sort of homemade therapy to ease his troubled mind. For several years he trekked to this wild place and talked to the bears filming, himself as he did so. He imagined they knew him and were his “friends”.

In the end, he and his equally troubled girl friend, were eaten alive by the very bears that they thought were their "friends". He should have expected it. Bears are not cuddly stuffed animals. They are the most powerful and savage creatures of their world. They have no use for touchy-feely nuts from California cooing and talking baby talk to them. They have one-track minds. Kill and eat. That's it. It isn't too complicated.

Late last year a group of anti-American "Christians" went to Iraq to coo and talk baby talk to the radical Islamists who have been kidnapping and chopping off the heads of their enemies.

As soon as they got to Iraq, three of them were kidnapped by the very people these peace advocates had come to Iraq to speak for.

Today they found the body of Tom Fox, a member of that Christian Peace group that went to Iraq to display solidarity with the Islamofascist insurgents.

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KEYWORDS: iraq; islamofascists; kidnapped; murdered; terrorists; tomfox; tonfox
The Op Ed makes the point that this "peace" activist should ahve known better, but that his anti-American mania obscured his sanity.
1 posted on 03/11/2006 1:37:23 PM PST by Mobile Vulgus
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To: Mobile Vulgus

He ended up fighting for the ones with the axes, then ended up on the wrong end of the axe because of it.


2 posted on 03/11/2006 1:40:27 PM PST by b4its2late (There are good terrorists.............. DEAD ONES.)
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To: Mobile Vulgus

In the end, he and his equally troubled girl friend, were eaten alive by the very bears that they thought were their "friends".




Darwin Award Nominee of the year.


3 posted on 03/11/2006 1:42:12 PM PST by trubluolyguy (Islam, Religion of Peace and they'll kill you to prove it.)
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To: Mobile Vulgus

If you ever get a chance to watch the movie "Grizzly Man" about Timothy Treadwell I HIGHLY recommend it. It really shows just how insane he and his nutty liberal friends were. The bear footage though is really good...


4 posted on 03/11/2006 1:45:04 PM PST by trashcanbred (Anti-social and anti-socialist)
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Ditto. Not sure where the documentarian stood, but he allowed the viewer to draw his own conclusions.

My conclusion. What a nut. His "friends" were all nuts too, because they didn't do anything to stop him.

5 posted on 03/11/2006 1:52:47 PM PST by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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I also think that the coroner who did Treadwell's autopsy was just plain strange. The whole movie had this Ed Wood quality to it which quite frankly, makes it one of my favorite movies.

Probably the only smart guy was the native guy who ran the museum. When asked, "Didn't Treadwell protect the bears?", he just sort of looked puzzled and said, "Treadwell did more harm than good."

6 posted on 03/11/2006 2:05:47 PM PST by trashcanbred (Anti-social and anti-socialist)
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The coroner was a bit creepy, like he enjoyed being on camera a bit too much.


7 posted on 03/11/2006 2:08:10 PM PST by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: USNBandit

But it made for some great entertainment...


8 posted on 03/11/2006 2:18:36 PM PST by trashcanbred (Anti-social and anti-socialist)
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To: trubluolyguy

Shameless, unabashed Darwin... the purist essence of what the award was created for.


9 posted on 03/11/2006 2:42:18 PM PST by johnny7 (“Iuventus stultorum magister”)
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To: Mobile Vulgus

This is a cautionary tale. Both this peace activist & Treadwell crossed the invisible line between man & beasts.


10 posted on 03/11/2006 3:55:13 PM PST by melt (Someday, they'll wish their Jihad... Jihadn't.)
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To: melt

As well as sanity and insanity!


11 posted on 03/11/2006 3:59:39 PM PST by Mobile Vulgus
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To: Mobile Vulgus
I think you're right. Moonbatism a mental disorder.

Here's Timothy, about to feed the bears...

12 posted on 03/11/2006 4:35:20 PM PST by melt (Someday, they'll wish their Jihad... Jihadn't.)
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To: Mobile Vulgus

Until I read this, I was feeling sorry for Tom Fox.....I don't now.


13 posted on 03/11/2006 8:27:05 PM PST by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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