Facebook takes down groups supporting Austin crash pilot (who "took a stand"!)

On the popular social networking website Facebook, various groups commemorating disgruntled pilot Joseph Andrew Stack were formed on Thursday evening. Earlier that day, in what has been described as an act of "domestic terrorism," Stack intentionally crashed his small passenger plane into an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) office building in Austin, Texas. So far, he is the only reported fatality.

On the information page of the first group named "The Joe 'Take My Pound Of Flesh' Stack Anti-IRS Fan Page," one administrator wrote, " dedicated to a man, frustrated as so many of us are with our corrupt, inept government, sacrificed his life to make a statement. Will history see him as a patriot or terrorist? Depends on who is doing the writing." This particular group had approximately 250 members.

Another group called "The Philosophy of Joe Stack" apparently came out against the attack, yet sympathized with its reasons: "This page is NOT to glorify his actions, but simply to say that after reading his note, we can agree with...Joe Stacks' thoughts." However, one member went as far to suggest that the United States "need a revolution" and "voting for a Democrat or a Republican is not revolutionary, it is big business as usual."

A third group titled "Joseph Andrew Stack, we salute thee" was supposedly against violence towards others. One administrator did write, "We hope that everyone is okay and accounted for. It is our belief that his intention was not to hurt anyone, but just to prove a point."

On the wall of a fourth group, known simply as "Joseph Andrew Stack," creator Emily Walters of Louisville, Kentucky, wrote: "Finally an American man took a stand against our tyrannical government that no longer follows the constitution and is turned its back on its founding fathers and the beliefs this country was founded on."

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Facebook_takes_down_groups_supporting_Austin_crash_pilot?dpl_id=156591

they are revealing.

IP address logged

I wouldn't be so quick to advocate logging IP addresses.

It was very intentional.

...and no, I don't support logging ip addresses en masse as the government would be so quick to enjoy.

I semi-retract my statement.

I semi support Earth First, but I know how the G-men view their stance. It's some logging industry lobbyist who I'm sure pushed a Senator or Congressman to get them labelled as such. Friggin' anti-war protest groups are labelled terrorist groups as well.

...he was wrong and his actions were evil and unconscionable.

However, his line of thinking is very similar to what many on the left, and many on the right say and believe.

I could find similar thoughts posted on DU everyday. And on FR.

To glorify this guy with a FB page is wrong. But it is noteworthy that many people share some of his
ideas and feelings.

Who would ever say that here?

...or what anyone on the FB page was saying.

I clearly stated that some of what the terrorist said--has been said on DU--and
by many, many people across the political spectrum.

NEVER did I say that DUer's share the sentiments of those who put up the FB pages.

Thanks for the opportunity to clarify that.

Fucking morons, everywhere.

office would do to people? Tickle?

Anyone who thinks he didn't intend to hurt anyone, or that he just didn't think about hte people in the building, is a fucking moron.

He "made" a point. A fatal one. It accomplished nothing.

would go a long way toward identifying potentially murderous bastards, but Facebook may be considering potential legal liability down the road. Not a lawyer, but it seems that they could be held somewhat culpable if they provided a haven for domestic terrorists.

Even if they didn't have to worry about lawsuits, it would be unimaginably bad PR to leave a group like that up.

Several right-leaning coworkers said they supported McVeigh's "stand" against the (Clinton) government, although it probably would have been more prudent to bomb the federal building on a weekend, you know, when there weren't all those kids in the day care.

That same ilk began looking for a militia to join about that time. Now, we have teabagger revolts and Angry White Men flying planes into federal offices.

Funny how these GOP types are all for the violent overthrow of the Federal Government whenever their party is out of power, yet when one of their guys is in the White House, they label as a treasonous America-hater anyone who so much as criticizes their GOP president.

For GOPers, they are patriotic only to their political party, not so much their country.

'The Philosophy of Joe Stack'

Mohamed Atta was listed as a fan. I posted that lil' tid bit below.

:rofl: Check the fans list.

http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=joe+stack&init=quick#!/pages/The-philosophy-of-Joe-Stack/494318700579?ref=search&sid=1303837409.2133280640..1

People piss and moan about "moral relativism"...

...what could be more morally relativistic than saying that 'flying an airplane into a building is wrong... unless it's done for a really good reason'?