[Rhodes22-list] Ayers Finally Speaks

[Herb Parsons]

Sorry, the claim that it was not terrorism does not establish that fact.

They blew up buildings. The were not attempting to stop anything those 
buildings themselves were doing. The attacks were "a screaming 
response", and directed at someone outside of the building. Ayers is 
narrowly defining terrorism as "campaign to kill and injure people 
indiscriminately", but Ayers does not define terminology.

 From Dictionary.com:

*ter-ror-ism* 

--noun
1. the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, esp. for 
political purposes

What they did was violent. It was meant to intimidate and coerce, and it 
was for political purposes.

It was terrorism. Terrorists SELDOM call; themselves terrorists. They 
believe in their cause, and that their actions are justified. Ayers fits 
that mold as well.

If you (or anyone else) is doing something I don't like, and I blow up 
your barn, then tell you I will continue blowing up your buildings until 
you do what I want, I would be a terrorist.

Bill Ayers was a terrorist.

Ayers went on to say in his article "I have regrets, of course -- 
including mistakes of excess and failures of imagination, posturing and 
posing, inflated and heated rhetoric, blind sectarianism and a lot else."

Yet even in THIS article, he never stated that bombing buildings was one 
of those "regrets".

When you package that along with his other rhetoric, I'd say that 
probably qualifies him as unrepentant.

So, I'll restate my position. He offered no facts disputing what was 
said about him. Sounded more like an explanation of his views to me.

.

Steven Alm wrote:
> Herb,
>
> The "facts" that he disputes are those that claim he was and still is a
> terrorist:
>
> "Peaceful protests had failed to stop the war. So we issued a screaming
> response. But it was not terrorism; we were not engaged in a campaign to
> kill and injure people indiscriminately, spreading fear and suffering for
> political ends.
>
> I cannot imagine engaging in actions of that kind today. And for the past 40
> years, I've been teaching and writing about the unique value and potential
> of every human life, and the need to realize that potential through
> education."
>
> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Actually, I didn't see any "facts" that he disputed. What did I miss?
>> Oh wait, I forgot, when did the facts matter to the detractors?
>>
>>
>> Lowe, Rob wrote:
>>     
>>> Steve,
>>> Thanks for posting.  I saw something he wrote a week ago that wasn't
>>> quite as long.  As he said, their association was portrayed falsely, but
>>> when did the facts matter to the detractors. - rob
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
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>>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Steven Alm
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 3:04 PM
>>> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Ayers Finally Speaks
>>>
>>> Of course the conservative bloggers are all over this like the hot kiss
>>> at
>>> the end of a wet fist, (Nick Danger, Third Eye) but here it is:
>>>
>>> http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/35770229.html?elr=KArksc8P
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