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The Unabomber: A Hero For Our Time by CrimethInc. Pop quiz: what is it calle when one o! the !

inest min s o! a "eneration pic#s a !ew in i$i uals who are personally in$ol$e in the estruction o! the en$ironment %a timber&in ustry lobbyist' or o! the attention span an reasonin" ability o! tens o! thousan s o! Americans %an a $ertisin" e(ecuti$e') an #ills or maims them in the pursuit o! !in in" a $oice !or his concerns about social issues . . . concerns that otherwise woul be hear by $ery !ew* Clearly) it is mur er. An what is it calle when a nation o! o$erwei"ht barbers an un erpai cler#s) o! lazy unemploye mi le class intellectuals an tal#&show&e ucate housewi$es) o! cowar ly !ast& !oo &chin mana"ers an racist sorority "irls) conspires to e(ecute this mur erer in the name o! protectin" the "lorious status quo !rom his ob$iously eran"e +ma bombin"s+* The eath penalty. An ri"htly applie ) too) in e!ense o! the ri"ht o! !orest clear&cutters an pro!essional liars to continue ben in" our worl to their $ision without the an"er o! bein" moleste by those who pre!er re woo !orests to ,ui#&-arts an sonnets to eter"ent slo"ans. .eriously) an rhetoric asi e) what is the i!!erence between the two situations* In one case) a sin"le person e$aluates his situation an eci es upon a course o! action he !eels is ri"ht. In the other case) millions o! people) who are not $ery use to ma#in" up their min s by themsel$es) !eel stron" enou"h all to"ether to stri#e out blin ly a"ainst an in i$i ual who oes not remain within their boun aries o! acceptable beha$ior. /ow) our "entle an mo erate rea er woul no oubt li#e to ob0ect that it is not !ear o! the !ree& stan in" in i$i ual that prompts the outcry a"ainst this terrorist) but moral in i"nation1!or he has ta#en +innocent+ li!e in his quest to ha$e his i eas hear ) an that is wron" in e$ery situation. 2ut this nation o! petty imbeciles is not re"ularly outra"e about the ta#in" o! innocent li!e: as lon" as it !its within the parameters o! the status quo) they on3t care at all. How many more people than the Unabomber ha$e tobacco companies maime an #ille ) by usin" a $ertisin" to a ict them at a $ery youn" an unin!orme a"e to an e(tremely harm!ul ru"* How about the companies that a $ertise an sell cheap liquor in impo$erishe nei"hborhoo s !ille with alcoholics* How many citizens o! thir worl nations ha$e su!!ere an ie at the han s o! "o$ernments supporte by such corporations as Pepsi Co.) or e$en by the U... "o$ernment itsel!* An how much animal li!e is estroye thou"htlessly e$ery year) e$ery ay in eath camp !actory !arms... or in ecolo"ical estruction brou"ht about by such companies as 4((on %our rea er will remember the 5al ez' or -c6onal s %one o! the better #nown estroyers o! the rain!orest'* /o one is particularly concerne about these abuses o! +innocent+ li!e. An in ee ) it is har er to be) !or they are institutionalize within the social an economic system... +normal.+ 2esi es) it is har to !i"ure out who e(actly is responsible !or them) !or they are the results o! the wor#in"s o! complicate bureaucracies. On the other han ) when one in i$i ual attempts to ma#e his criticism o! these estructi$e systems hear by the only really e!!ecti$e means) it is easy to pic# him out an strin" him up. An our hypocritical outra"e about his wron" oin"s compare those o! our own social institutions shows that it is his ability to act upon his own conclusions that truly shoc#s an !ri"htens us most o! all. Our !ear o! the Unabomber as a !reely actin" in i$i ual shows in the attempts our me ia has ma e to emonize him. 6etails o! his li!e) such as his aca emic achie$ements an his ability to

li$e a Thoreauan sel!&su!!icient e(istence) that woul normally occasion praise) are now use to emonstrate that he is a mala 0uste !rea#. 7an om an unimportant etails o! his li!e) similar to etails o! any o! our li$es) such as !aile lo$e a!!airs an chil hoo illnesses) are use to e(plain his +insane beha$ior.+ In spea#in" thus) the press su""ests that there is no question at all that his actions were the result o! insanity) pullin" away in terror !rom the $ery thou"ht that he mi"ht be 0ust as rational as they. /ewspapers print the most arbitrary an isconnecte e(cerpts o! his mani!esto that they can combine) an they escribe the mani!esto as bein" ran om an isconnecte 1they e$en escribe it as +ramblin"s+ with a strai"ht !ace) espite the well&#nown short attention span o! to ay3s me ia. 2ut it is not necessary that we accept the me ia3s typical o$er&simpli!ication o! the case. The Unabomber3s mani!esto has) as a result o! his e!!orts) been publishe an wi ely istribute . 8e can all rea it !or oursel$es) not 0ust in isconnecte e(cerpts) but in its entirety) an eci e !or oursel$es what we thin# o! his i eas. 6o not be !ri"htene by the Unabomber3s willin"ness to stan out !rom the crow s an ta#e whate$er actions he belie$es are necessary to achie$e his "oals. In a ci$ilization so stric#en with min less submission to social norms an irrational rules his e(ample shoul be re!reshin" rather than horri!yin"9 !or his worst crimes are no worse than ours) in bein" citizens o! this nation... an his "reatest ee s as a e icate an intelli"ent in i$i ual !ar outshine those o! most o! our heroes) who are !or the most part bas#etball players an coo#ie&cutter pop musicians anyway. At least) "i$en the chance as we are) we shoul rea his mani!esto an come to our own conclusions) rather than allowin" the press an popular opinion:paranoia to eci e !or us.

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