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Please do not equate rational behavior with being a sociopath. If what RMS says is true (and I admit that I have no way to verify that) and that fertilizer pla
by linuxhansl 14y ago
Please do not equate rational behavior with being a sociopath.
If what RMS says is true (and I admit that I have no way to verify that) and that fertilizer plant is responsible for more deaths than the terrorist attack, then it is a more pressing problem. How can you possibly argue that point (unless dead people as such do not worry you and it is just anger or fear that justifies the actions - but then, who's the sociopath?)
Terrorism is hardly the most pressing problem faced by the US. Due to irrational fears we willingly spend insane amounts of money and have our civil liberties curtailed... To protect us from something that statistically hardly kills more people than lightening.
This is all RMS is trying to point out.
Nobody is saying that these terrorists should not be prosecuted, just that should put this all into perspective.
A rational person interested in the well being of the people would tackle issues like lack of healthcare, edudation, obesity, heart disease, unjust wars, poverty, civil liberties, privacy, etc, etc, just to name a few issues, before tackling terrorism.
An irrational person is driven by fear and anger and thus typically acts against his/her own best interest.