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- worldnews@lemmy.world
Ted Kaczynski, known as the Unabomber, was found dead in his prison cell Saturday morning, according to a Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesperson. He was 81.
- PolandIsAStateOfMind ( @PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml ) 34•1 year ago
Not endorsing but putting in perspective, that symbol of domestic terrorism killed less people in 20 years than police in one day.
- PixelPlumber ( @PixelPlumber@sh.itjust.works ) English12•1 year ago
That’s an asinine comparison. One person didn’t kill as many people as a larger group? You could state the same thing in many ways depending on the “point” you want to make.
- PolandIsAStateOfMind ( @PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml ) English13•1 year ago
The only asinine thing here is that US police killed killed at least 1176 people just in 2022, but somewhat is not considered the symbol of domestic terrorism.
And i won’t even start about what US military do outside of US.
- e8d79 ( @e8d79@feddit.de ) English12•1 year ago
Yes, and while that is terrible it is a completely separate issue not related to the Unabomber. Unless the point you are trying to make is, that we should have let a convicted terrorist go until he killed at least as many people as the US police.
- GarbageShootAlt2 ( @GarbageShootAlt2@lemmy.ml ) English11•1 year ago
I think the point is that he’s a “symbol” of domestic terror in a way that is disproportionate to his crimes and importance due to being pretty isolated, while death squads and terrorist organizations that act as extensions of the state are not regarded with the negativity they really merit.
- PolandIsAStateOfMind ( @PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml ) English0•1 year ago
Yeah it’s that. He’s being made into some icon of evil (i even heard that every now and then in Poland!) and he’s a pretty small deal even compared to dozens of mass shooters which goes basically unnoticed and completely normalised. Not to mention to the “land of the free” ruling class enforcers.
- havocpants ( @havocpants@lemmy.world ) 7•1 year ago
Just to be pedantic, it’s fewer - not less. You use less for things that you can’t count.
Yeah i know, it’s one of those words in english i still have problems with.
- John_Coomsumer ( @John_Coomsumer@beehaw.org ) 16•1 year ago
I am a bit surprised he lasted this long all things considered, he has clearly struggled with his mental health this whole time.
Genuine reminder for anyone reading who needs this: You are NOT the unibomber, I guarantee this world is better off with you in it (especially if you are a beehaw user). Please do not commit suicide.
- GarbageShootAlt2 ( @GarbageShootAlt2@lemmy.ml ) 17•1 year ago
I guarantee this world is better off with you in it (especially if you are a beehaw user).
There are times and places for guerilla marketing, and embedded in a “don’t commit suicide” message is one that I would argue falls outside of that set.
- FaceDeer ( @FaceDeer@lemmy.ml ) 5•1 year ago
I didn’t even see it on my initial read-through of the comment. Quite the whiplash from “how wholesome!” To “wow, partisan much?”
- pitl ( @pitl@lemmy.sdf.org ) 4•1 year ago
I’m assuming that they just didn’t think about the implications and that it was a case of “should’ve vetted that one more time before posting,” but yeah. Yikes.
- animist ( @animist@lemmy.one ) 4•1 year ago
I will admit it made me laugh tho
- John_Coomsumer ( @John_Coomsumer@beehaw.org ) 2•1 year ago
It’s more my confusion about the way this platform works lol I wasn’t suggesting or advertising, I thought it was a post only beehaw users would see
- maporita ( @maporita@lemmy.ml ) 12•1 year ago
Remembering back to a time when killing three people was a big fucking deal.
- harbo ( @harbo@lemmy.ml ) 8•1 year ago
Sad how right he was in his beliefs but how wrong he was in his actions.
- avidseeker ( @avidseeker@lemmy.world ) 8•1 year ago
He was right… yet he was so wrong. Right ideas, hideous implementation.
His death just after Apple VR announcement is ironic timing.
- LizardOfFOSS ( @LizardOfFOSS@lemmy.world ) 7•1 year ago
And nothing of value was lost.
- bloodfart ( @bloodfart@lemmy.ml ) 4•1 year ago
See you space cowboy…
- SudoDnfDashY ( @SudoDnfDashY@lemmy.ml ) 3•1 year ago
I’ve read everything he’s ever written. A real genius, who was able to look beyond many of our modern, pointless issues and understand the real long term threat of modernization.
RIP to a real one.
- mook ( @mook@lemmy.ml ) 2•1 year ago
I watched a b-movie documentation kind of about him recently. Wasn’t the best but learned some things that it didn’t know.
- drp ( @drp@sh.itjust.works ) 2•1 year ago
An end of an era that quite a few won’t be miss.