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Ничего об этом случае раньше не слышал и нашёл его только сегодня совершенно случайно. Американский гражданин Джо Стэк (Joe Stack) врезался на своём лёгком самолёте в здание налоговой службы, движимый мотивами, которые он изложил в этой записке. В его решении прослеживается какое-то глубокое сходство с актом негодования Марвина Джона Химайера, но и налицо очевидное интенциональное различие - против всей государственной системы, а не каких-то частей её вместе с каким-то крупным бизнесом.
Вот он, как видится, излагает активную гражданскую позицию. Заметно более активную и более гражданскую, чем можно подумать по словосочетанию. Привожу в небольшом сокращении и без перевода последние абзацы его записки. Полную версию можно найти по ссылкам.
"I know I’m hardly the first one to decide I have had all I can stand. It has always been a myth that people have stopped dying for their freedom in this country, and it isn’t limited to the blacks, and poor immigrants. I know there have been countless before me and there are sure to be as many after. But I also know that by not adding my body to the count, I insure nothing will change. I choose to not keep looking over my shoulder at “big brother” while he strips my carcass, I choose not to ignore what is going on all around me, I choose not to pretend that business as usual won’t continue; I have just had enough.
[...] Sadly, though I spent my entire life trying to believe it wasn’t so, but violence not only is the answer, it is the only answer. The cruel joke is that the really big chunks of shit at the top have known this all along and have been laughing, at and using this awareness against, fools like me all along.
I saw it written once that the definition of insanity is repeating the same process over and over and expecting the outcome to suddenly be different. I am finally ready to stop this insanity. Well, Mr. Big Brother IRS man, let’s try something different; take my pound of flesh and sleep well.
The communist creed: From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.
The capitalist creed: From each according to his gullibility, to each according to his greed."
- Joe Stack (1956-2010), 02/18/2010.
An extract from his last note before he crashed his small plane into an Austin, Texas, office building where nearly 200 federal tax employees work. As quoted from here.
Вот он, как видится, излагает активную гражданскую позицию. Заметно более активную и более гражданскую, чем можно подумать по словосочетанию. Привожу в небольшом сокращении и без перевода последние абзацы его записки. Полную версию можно найти по ссылкам.
"I know I’m hardly the first one to decide I have had all I can stand. It has always been a myth that people have stopped dying for their freedom in this country, and it isn’t limited to the blacks, and poor immigrants. I know there have been countless before me and there are sure to be as many after. But I also know that by not adding my body to the count, I insure nothing will change. I choose to not keep looking over my shoulder at “big brother” while he strips my carcass, I choose not to ignore what is going on all around me, I choose not to pretend that business as usual won’t continue; I have just had enough.
[...] Sadly, though I spent my entire life trying to believe it wasn’t so, but violence not only is the answer, it is the only answer. The cruel joke is that the really big chunks of shit at the top have known this all along and have been laughing, at and using this awareness against, fools like me all along.
I saw it written once that the definition of insanity is repeating the same process over and over and expecting the outcome to suddenly be different. I am finally ready to stop this insanity. Well, Mr. Big Brother IRS man, let’s try something different; take my pound of flesh and sleep well.
The communist creed: From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.
The capitalist creed: From each according to his gullibility, to each according to his greed."
- Joe Stack (1956-2010), 02/18/2010.
An extract from his last note before he crashed his small plane into an Austin, Texas, office building where nearly 200 federal tax employees work. As quoted from here.