You might have not thought about this one for a while. But it's a pretty interesting case.
>On April 19, 1995, McVeigh drove a truck with a bomb, consisting of about 5000 pounds (2300 kg) of ammonium nitrate and nitromethane, mounted in the back to the front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City just as its offices opened for the day. Before arriving, he stopped to light a two-minute fuse. At 09:02, a large explosion destroyed the north half of the building. It killed 168 people, including nineteen children in the day care center on the second floor, and injured 684 others.
>McVeigh claimed that the bombing was revenge against the government for the sieges at Waco and Ruby Ridge.
168 is quite a kill count. Timothy McVeigh was a very interesting man. He had very strong beliefs, truly believed in the Constitution and hated the government for trying to control the lives of people. He stood up for what he believed in and against a, according to him, tyrannical government. He was obsessed with guns and the aforementioned Constitution, particularly the Second Amendment. McVeigh often handed out anti government pamphlets and sold copies of The Turner Diaries. Also noteworthy is that McVeigh's IQ was assessed at 126. He was executed by lethal injection at 7:14 a.m. on June 11, 2001. His last meal consisted of two pints of mint chocolate chip ice cream.
What do you think of his actions, /b/? Were they justified? Can parallels be drawn between that time and now? Since, you know, Big Government certainly hasn't shrunk in size and certainly hasn't given up on power. Quite the contrary. One can condemn his killings of innocent(?) people, but was the government not responsible for killing many innocents in the Waco and Ruby Ridge sieges?