Now here's a REAL environmentalist wacko--he thought children were parasites on the planet, and that Discovery Channel was making money on "green" programs. He was Al Gore to the 10th power. Most environmentalists deep down think humans are marginal in the global scheme of things, at least compared to something on the endangered species list, but fortunately, few are as whacked out as James J. Lee. He was probably insane. But if he'd been on the other side--a right winger--the media would be having a field day smearing tea party participants, Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck and you and me. In fact, since it happened a few days after Beck's Restoring Honor in a DC suburb, they'd probably blame him rather than Lee.
3 hostages safe, gunman shot, killed at Discovery - wtop.com
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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Since this environmental nut hated babies, do you suppose the mayor of Silver Spring will call a news conference and decry "baby-hate" the way the NY mayor cried Islamaphobia when that cabbie got stabbed by a liberal nut case?
The baby-hater loved a book, My Ishmael, I've never heard of and Al Gore's movie. Will they be declared dangerous? They obviously deeply disturbed Mr. Lee.
In his published a list of demands, Lee wrote:
"The Discovery Channel and it's affiliate channels MUST have daily television programs at prime time slots based on Daniel Quinn's "My Ishmael" pages 207-212 where solutions to save the planet would be done in the same way as the Industrial Revolution was done, by people building on each other's inventive ideas. Focus must be given on how people can live WITHOUT giving birth to more filthy human children since those new additions continue pollution and are pollution. A game show format contest would be in order. Perhaps also forums of leading scientists who understand and agree with the Malthus-Darwin science and the problem of human overpopulation. Do both. Do all until something WORKS and the natural world starts improving and human civilization building STOPS and is reversed! MAKE IT INTERESTING SO PEOPLE WATCH AND APPLY SOLUTION."
From START:
"Following the September 1, 2010, hostage situation at the Discovery
Communications building in Silver Spring, Maryland, START has compiled background information on terrorist activity in the District of Columbia and Maryland, media targets, and hostage situations in the United States.
The gunman in this event, James Lee, was known to be a vocal advocate of extreme views related to protecting the environment, including extreme perspectives on population control, and his actions on September 1, 2010,
appear to be an extension of his ongoing efforts to support this agenda.
Given the nature of Lee's political and social goals and his use of illegal force, this incident would qualify as a terrorist incident, according to the definition of START's Global Terrorism Database (GTD). . .
Environmentally motivated perpetrators, like the gunman in this event, have been active in the United States since the 1970s. The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) and the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) have carried out over 60
attacks in the United States. In the 1990s, these two groups were
responsible for approximately 3% of all terrorist attacks in the United States. Since 2000, over 37% of all attacks in the United States were perpetrated by environmentally motivated groups.
Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), a U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Center of Excellence. You can subscribe to their updates.
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