American Taliban's former peers say he's a danger to society

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 1\22\2002 | MARGIE MASON

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

His old man allowed him to leave America and his attorney has received an enormous retainer.

[gfactor]

You and the creationists and other unthinking fundamentalist nutbars

sheesh somebody is in a bad mood today. who said I was a fundamentalist? heck, i like adam smith too. ideologies aren't the highways we travel, they're the gridlines on the map of possible thoughts.

[Noumenon]

You missed the point - that you share the same end of the totalitarian/authoritarian spectrum with others who might seem your opposite. Stripped of the rhetoric and logical fallacy, you're all dipping fron the same ideological well.

Hey - if you don't like the intellectual neighborhood in which you find yourself - leave.

[gfactor]

I'm no totalitarian. where did you get that idea?

[Noumenon]

Aside from the company you keep and the ideas you espouse, there's probably no reason to assume that you're an apologist for totalist scum.

[gfactor]

Aside from the company you keep and the ideas you espouse,

mention some... show me where i'm totalitarian.

[piasa]

"This boy, I feel bad for him. I want to cry for him," Covey said. "God knows who washed his brain. He was a good Muslim, a good boy. He didn't have any problems, but give him the freedom to choose and God knows who played with his mind."

The family might have 'declined to speak' to this reporter, but it looks to me like they or their lawyers might have commissioned the writing of this article. The article gives the initial impression that he's a dangerous nut, but throughout the article are comments on how he was not responsible for his deeds. 'Someone else messed him up, blah, blah, blah.' And here is a comment suggesting brainwashing to boot. The article finishes with a more sympathetic tone.

It looks like a lawyer may have put a little cash in a reporter's jar for this one.

[Noumenon]

That would be no trouble if this darn search feature would deliver all of your posts. You're a snide apologist for for all manner of liberal interventionism.

[gfactor]

That would be no trouble if this darn search feature would deliver all of your posts.

here's some help. click on my name below. then on the top right you'll see a button that says "find in forum". press that. have fun differentiating between interventionism (like say, dropping bombs on people) and totalitarianism.