"Leftist" terrorism on my street

[Lefty]

I have a paper route. And i do it every day. I would do something else, but i need to have a job to have green paper to purchase extraneous goods. Ok, on this paper route, i walk a whole bunch. To people's houses, near their mailboxes. Since this just happened yesterday, i am not sure it is news yet, but if you havent heard:
CENTRAL IOWA IS BEING MAILBOMBED!
I was on my paper route, and two houses in front of me, the mailbox exploded. Shrapnel flew everywhere, and i was behind a tree, so i wasnt hit. Anyway, i screamed "holy shit" and ran to my friends house and called 911. Apparently, this situation is being repeated all over Iowa and illinois. And 7 people have been injured. And the worst thing is, "anti-government and leftist propaganda" is being found near these sites. That means that in Ames, where i live, people already think that me or people like me are mailbombing rightists. AAAAGH!

[CheGuevara]

Sorry to hear that you almost got injured, but glad that you didn't :) How do you know it's leftist terrorism? It sounds more like a right-wing survivalist or militia attack to me. Anyway, this is a prime example of how NOT to use violence. When violence is used against civilians, it should send a message. Even if these bombs were being sent to rightwing people's houses, it's not a very good message as no one outside of your neighborhood probably knows that the targets were rightwing, and thus the 'message' is pretty quiet, if it gets heard at all.

[Domino]

Glad you are alright Lefty :)


How do you know it's leftist terrorism? It sounds more like a right-wing survivalist or militia attack to me.

Yeah, I was about to say that, must be right-wing thing, that's the first thing that comes to my mind with that.

[Xvall]

I live in Illinois.. I hear about it..
It's not Leftist..
The guy just hates the government, and says that 'this is the only way to be heard'. It doesn't necesarrily mean he's a leftist...

[CheGuevara]

Uh oh, look at one of the quotes I found on yahoo attributed to this fellow.

"Conforming to the boundaries, and restrictions imposed by the government only reduces the substance in your lives. When 1% of the nation controls 99% of the nations total wealth, is it a wonder why there are control problems?"

Anyway, it sounds like this guy has a few screws loose and is around 14 years old.

[Hayduke]

Quote: from Drake Dracoli on 9:38 am on May 5, 2002
I live in Illinois.. I hear about it..
It's not Leftist..
The guy just hates the government, and says that 'this is the only way to be heard'. It doesn't necesarrily mean he's a leftist...


The only way to be heard..... ? Blowing up mailboxes....

Have seen better things to be heard tough.....
But the idea is full of fantasy though.....

Strange people ...

[Hattori Hanzo]

Glad you're not hurt, but since when do you have to be leftist to blow up the maulboxes of Right-wingers? I think this is just some crazy kid with anti-government views

he's not crazy because he's anti-government, he's not anti-government because he's crazy

[I Will Deny You]

He's probably a 12-year-old Unibomber wannabe. I'm very glad you're not hurt . . . the mailbox bombs are in papers all around the country. I didn't see anything about them today, so hopefully there haven't been any in the last 24 hours.

[Lefty]

thats just what the Ames paper called it, "leftist". I dunno. Stupid unibomber wannabe

[Fires of History]

Lefty,

It couldn't be you, because is was me :)

[STALINSOLDIERS]

lefty i dont belive you were there......i think your not telling the truth your just saying that to be oh bad and stuff

[Angie]

Text from mailbox bombs:

Mailboxes are exploding! Why, you ask?

Attention people.

You do things because you can and want (desire) to

If the government controls what you want to do, they control what you can do.

If you are under the impression that death exists, and you fear it, you do anything to avoid it. (This is the same way pain operates. Naturally we strive to avoid negative emotion/pain.)

You allow yourself to fear death!

World authorities allowed, and still allow you to fear death!

In avoiding death you are forced to conform, if you fail to conform, you suffer mentally and physically. (Are world powers utilizing the natural survival instinct in a way that allows them to capitalize on the people?)

To "live" (avoid death) in this society you are forced to conform/slave away.

I'm here to help you realize/ understand that you will live no matter what! It is up to you people to open your hearts and minds. There is no such thing as death. The people I've dismissed from this reality are not at all dead.

Conforming to the boundaries, and restrictions imposed by the government only reduces the substance in your lives. When 1% of the nation controls 990% of the nations total wealth, is it a wonder why there are control problems?

The United States strives to provide freedom for their people. Do we really have personal freedom? I've lived here for many years, and I see much limitation. Does the definition of freedom include limitation? I've teamed about the history of various civilizations in history, and I see more and more limitation. Do you people enjoy this trend of limitation? If not, change it!

As long as you are uninformed about death you will continue to say "how high", when the government tells you to "jump". As long as the government is uninformed about death they will continue tell you to "jump" Is the government uninformed about death, or are they pretending?

You have been missing how things are, for very long. I'm obtaining your attention in the only way I can. More info is on its way. More "attention getters' are on the way. If I could, I would change only one person, unfortunately the resources are not accessible. It seems killing a single famous person would get the same media attention as killing numerous un-famous humans. There is less risk of being detained, associated with dismissing certain people.

Sincerely,

Someone Who Cares

PS. More info. will be delivered to various locations around the country.

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Doesn't really point to any political wing in particular, just someone discontent with modern reality, which is fair enough. Even the odd rightists could relate to it.
Worth remembering the following line, though: "I'm here to help you realize/ understand that you will live no matter what!" - very inspirational, and well-timed.

[Hayduke]

What does this guy wants to point out ?
Reincarnation is real or something...... ?

Yep it would really help people to see the truth bout the gonverment when they are walking to the mailbox on a sunny sunday morning and they are blown away.

Yep, that will shake them awake.......

actually it does :)

[SU37]

"Why does the mailbomber hate me so much "-bush

Im glad your all right leafty.

[Vladimir]

This guy has a point, maybe the government or some ''higher power'' behind the government knows something about death, that there is something else there. who knows, maybe he is onto someting about us being slaves to the government , but i am against the killing of civilians and blowing up mailboxes isnt how he should go about revealing this conspirisy.

[FtWfTn]

good thing your a'ok. . and a good thing i don't have a traditional mailbox :smile:

[Fires of History]

Interesting, thanks Angie.

I agree with him/her that to "live" you must conform. I'll never forget when I was planning a brief vacation a year ago, and I was making plans at a hotel near my destination. They refused to let me make a reservation because I didn't have a credit card. And because I refuse to have one, we camped on the beach. That was better anyway.

But, yes, overall the system insists on conformity.

However, it is too bad that this person is targetting the mailboxes of civilians when there are far better targets if one has a problem with government.