Friday, April 19, 2013

LET'S GET A FEW THINGS CLEAR

I'm seeing a lot of blogs and Facebook posts generating comments condemning Islam and/or immigrants. So I just thought it might be time to make some things we all know, or should know, clear.

The worst violence ever perpetrated in this country was caused by European immigrants against the original natives of this country.

Second worst violence was started and caused by fellow citizens who decided they didn't want to abide by their own country's laws if it meant giving up their slaves, or initially keeping them but not being able to expand the territory in which that was legal.

So if any one group is going to be generalized as violent, it would have to be first Anglo-Americans and second Southerners, as they caused the most violence ever in our history (and before you send comments, many in my extended clan live in the South and I'm not disparaging Southerners, or Anglos, I'm criticizing those who make generalities based on prejudice, pre-judging a group based on some in that group's actions etc.).

Most deadly "terrorist" attack in the USA before 9/11 was perpetrated by a rightwing "American"—Timothy McVeigh.

All the presidential assassins in our history were American citizens. (One was the son of Polish immigrants, but he himself was "American" and another, Lincoln's assassin, was the son of English immigrants.)

It is also pretty clear the majority of all those who caused all the violence referenced above were Christians, or at least brought up as Christians.

[It also seems clear that most of the death and destruction caused by "our side" in our last three big wars (the little ones as well actually)—i.e. Viet Nam, Afghanistan and Iraq—was caused by "Americans" many of which, most of which in fact, were also Christians.]

That said, whoever causes death and destruction to anything on this planet besides rats, cockroaches and mosquitoes, sorry, I am against.


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Robert G. Zuckerman said...
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Robert G. Zuckerman said...

It is really good that the two Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects have been taken out of where they can do further harm. Technology, social media and such were essential and very helpful in this process. And it's great that many people, including close friends of mine, were on lockdown today are now free to move about. But our work is far from over. Stomping out a flameis one thing, but fixing the thing that caused the flame in the first place is another. We have to on a big picture basis look what made these guys want to do what they did, conceive of and then actually carry it out. The president of Bolivia said something to the effect that he will consider his country evolved not when the poor all drive cars, but when the rich take buses. In other words, as long as people in this world are suffering, hungry, exploited, abused and lied to, then there will be this problem. We have the physical resources in the world today, and the wherewithall, that everyone should have a roof over their heads plus adequate food and drink, the basic, breathe easy comforts of life.

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Robert G. Zuckerman said...

Completely false about Islam. Prepare to be deleted for more of your prejudiced fiction.

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Anonymous said...

methinks that these people who follow the radical
Islamic-Muslim views and actions have a
demented view/belief in what Islam is all about ?

also

so called Christians seem to have and continually are using those 'weapons of mass destruction' and then
are SHOCKED when they are attacked ....

Robert G. Zuckerman said...

NEWTOWN VICTIMS
Charlotte Bacon, 6
Daniel Barden, 7
Olivia Engel, 6
Josephine Gay, 7
Ana M. Marquez-Greene, 6
Dylan Hockley, 6
Madeleine F. Hsu, 6
Catherine V. Hubbard, 6
Chase Kowalski, 7
Jesse Lewis, 6
James Mattioli, 6
Grace McDonnell, 7
Emilie Parker, 6
Jack Pinto, 6
Noah Pozner, 6
Caroline Previdi, 6
Jessica Rekos, 6
Aveille Richman, 6
Benjamin Wheeler, 6
Allison N. Wyatt, 6
Dawn Hochsprung, 47
Rachel Davino, 29
Anne Marie Murphy, 52
Lauren Rousseau, 30
Mary Sherlach, 56
Victoria Soto, 27

THESE NAMES SHOULD BE EMBLAZONED ON THE WALLS AND HOMES OF ALL THE TREASONOUS SPINELESS COWARDS WHO VOTED DOWN EXPANDED BACKGROUND CHECKS AND GREATER GUN CONTROL. MAY THEY BE HAUNTED BY THEIR DISGRACE.

Robert G. Zuckerman said...

BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING VICTIMS

Krystle Campbell
29
Arlington
Fatal injury
Boston.com

Martin William Richard
8
Dorchester
Fatal injury
Boston.com

Lingzi Lu
23
China
Fatal Injury
BostonGlobe.com

Kaitlynn Cates
25
Boston
Severe leg injury
BostonGlobe.com

Brittany Loring
29
Ayer
Boston College JD/MBA student, severe head, leg and arm injuries
Boston College
Sydney Corcoran
17
Lowell
On Globe front page Tuesday, severe leg injury, Lowell High School senior
BostonGlobe.com

Unidentified male
5

No longer in critical condition, severe injuries
BostonGlobe.com

Liza Cherney
-

Boston College MBA student was a spectator
Boston College

Celeste Corcoran
47
Lowell
Sydney's mother, severe leg injury
BostonGlobe.com

Kevin Corcoran
-
Lowell
Sydney's father, minor injuries
The Lowell Sun

Unidentified female
9

Severe leg injury
BostonGlobe.com

Zhou Danling
-
China
Chinese student studying actuarial sciences
BostonGlobe.com

Gillian Reny
17
Boston
Senior at Buckingham Brown & Nichols School in Cambridge
BostonGlobe.com

Marilyn Kight
63
Redding, Calif.
Severe leg injury
BostonGlobe.com

Erika Brannock
-
Towson, Md.
Severe leg injury
BostonGlobe.com

Denise Richard
-
Dorchester
Severe upper body injury, Martin Richard's mother
BostonGlobe.com

Jane Richard
7
Dorchester
Severe leg injury, Martin Richard's sister
BostonGlobe.com

Denise Spenard
-
Manchester, N.H.
Abdominal injury
GreenwichTime.com

Heather Abbott
38
Newport, R.I.

Boston.com

Jeff Bauman Jr.
27
Chelmsford
Severe leg injury
Boston.com

Sarah Girouard
20
Falmouth, Maine
Injuries to lower extremities, received surgery
Portland Press Herald

Beth Roche
60
Highland, Ind.
Severe leg injury, other injuries
Boston.com

Lee Ann Yanni
31

Severe leg injury
Boston.com

J.P. Craven
24
Hingham
Head injuries
Boston.com

David Yepez
15
Andover
Head and arm injuries
Eagle-Tribune

John Odom
-


Boston.com

Michelle L'Heureux
-
Quincy
Severe arm and leg injuries
Lewiston-Auburn Sun Journal

Patrick Downes
30

BC, alumnus,severe leg injuries
Boston.com

Jessica Downes
32

MGH nurse, severe leg injuries
Boston.com

Jarrod Clowery
35

Hearing loss, leg injuries
Boston.com

Darrel Folkert
42
Redondo Beach, Calif.
Leg injuries
BostonGlobe.com

William White
-
Bolton
Severe leg injury
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Mary Jo White
-
Bolton
Hand injury
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Kevin White
-
Bolton
Moderate injuries
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Eric Whalley
65
Charlestown
Severe head injury, other wounds
Eagle-Tribune

Ann Whalley
65
Charlestown
Severe flesh wounds
Eagle-Tribune

Roseann Sdoia
45
Dracut
Severe leg injury
Lowell Sun

Aaron Hern
11
Martinez, Calif.
Leg injury
AP

Victoria McGrath
20

Northeastern student, severe leg injuries
Connecticut Post

Nicole Gross
31
Charlotte, N.C.
Leg injuries
Charlotte Observer

Michael Gross
38
Charlotte, N.C.
Head injuries
Charlotte Observer

Michelle Connolly
52
South Boston
Head injuries
The Boston Globe

Remy Lawler
25
Amesbury
Upper leg injuries
The Boston Globe

Nicholas Yanni
32
Boston
Temporary hearing loss
The Boston Globe

Ascer Barlatier
35
Boston
Wounded in chest and leg
The Boston Globe

Jenny Chung
-

Shrapnel wounds
The Boston Globe

JP Norden
31
Wakefield
Severe leg injury
The Boston Globe

Paul Norden
33
Stoneham
Severe leg injury
The Boston Globe

Dan Soleau
36

Hearing loss
The Boston Globe

Ryan C. McMahon
33
Longmeadow
Back and arm injuries

Jacqui Webb
Severe leg injury


THESE NAMES SHOULD BE EMBLAZONED ON THE WALLS AND HOMES OF ALL THE TREASONOUS SPINELESS COWARDS WHO VOTED DOWN EXPANDED BACKGROUND CHECKS AND GREATER GUN CONTROL. MAY THEY BE HAUNTED BY THEIR DISGRACE

JIm said...
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Robert G. Zuckerman said...

I saw "Jim's" comment before it was rightfully deleted, regurgitating the moronic, baseless line about how since the guns in Boston and other recent massacres were obtained "illegally" that gun control measures such as extended background checks wouldn't have made a difference. On what authority do those who say this operate? There is no basis in fact or reality for this contention. It is a mathematical truth that if guns are not so plentiful, and if they are harder to obtain overall, that the probability of massacres like the tragically all too many in recent times will significantly diminish. One who fancies himself a numbers and science and history man like "Jim" could only deny or oppose this view if in fact in reality he was truly an attention seeking contrarian.

Lally said...

And obviously, if background checks were extended to gun shows and online purchases etc. it would reduce the chances of these illegal guns being used in violent crimes. Most of the guns used for that purpose in New York City come from states where there aren;t background checks.

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