abortion, rudolph, roberts

[bram]

Returned the Yiddish book to the library and skimmed a book about the Eric Rudolph case. Not only has Eric Rudolph recently been sentenced to life, but the case is also timely because another man with two first names, John Roberts, may actually turn out to reverse Roe vs. Wade, although this time through means other than pure evil

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[mmcirvin]

Actually, a significant number of Kaczynski's fans never dropped him. I see the argument occasionally, and get into Internet fights with people who subscribe to it, to this day-that, yes, there was something mentally wrong with him that caused him to actually kill people, but the thesis put forth in his manifesto was actually right on, and there's something sinister in the push to declare him generally insane, as if the Powers that Be had to do this in order to discredit his powerful ideas. There was that guy who wrote for McSweeney's who made a huge deal out of his correspondence with Kaczynski in prison; he seemed to be in this category

[bram]

I forgot to mention that I think Rudolph and the Unabomber will be in the same prison (the supermax in Colorado).

I never read the Unabomber's manifesto on the grounds that terrorism should not be rewarded with attention. However, I gathered it had something to do with alienation, technology, control, and the works of Joseph Conrad.

Links aside, I think humans and their ideas are so complex that it's impossible to dismiss an idea based on generalizations from who proposed it or where historically it has led. I just didn't want to go: "Hm, this guy blows people up and taunts those he has maimed. Of all the political manifestos out there going unread, this is the one I better read!"