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Aug. 3rd, 2008 09:49 amThings I'm wondering about the Ivins story:
1. What's the success rate of suicide by overdose on Tylenol-3? One percent or less? Though I guess the guy was a chemist and would know what dose would be lethal.
2. He's so Catholic as to lump-condemn "abortion, euthanasia, assisted suicide [and] capital punishment" but he A) kills five fairly random strangers for ideological or financial reasons then B) kills himself? Strange ideas and strange pressures could account for all of it, but it kind of sounds like his opinions were firmly yoked to something familiar. Religious scientists tend to not be radical rethinkers, in either good or bad directions.
3. What on earth is this about? http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?storyID=78337
The FBI's seizing computer records at his local public library? Now? Implies they've barely investigated the guy--surely checking out what domestic terrorism suspects are reading is the first thing you do.
The ABC stuff is very alarming. But one should be careful to not let one's desire for this to lead back to Cheney, and thus eradicate the corrupt right wing's political viability for at least 20 years, tempt one to make implausible connections.
1. What's the success rate of suicide by overdose on Tylenol-3? One percent or less? Though I guess the guy was a chemist and would know what dose would be lethal.
2. He's so Catholic as to lump-condemn "abortion, euthanasia, assisted suicide [and] capital punishment" but he A) kills five fairly random strangers for ideological or financial reasons then B) kills himself? Strange ideas and strange pressures could account for all of it, but it kind of sounds like his opinions were firmly yoked to something familiar. Religious scientists tend to not be radical rethinkers, in either good or bad directions.
3. What on earth is this about? http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?storyID=78337
The FBI's seizing computer records at his local public library? Now? Implies they've barely investigated the guy--surely checking out what domestic terrorism suspects are reading is the first thing you do.
The ABC stuff is very alarming. But one should be careful to not let one's desire for this to lead back to Cheney, and thus eradicate the corrupt right wing's political viability for at least 20 years, tempt one to make implausible connections.
