The Austin Tragedy

Today a man named Joseph Stack, 53, slammed a small single engine plane into an IRS Building in Austin, Texas.  This act, while "cowardly" to say the least, shows an abhorrent disregard to the 300 million other Americans living in this country, many who have dealt with the setbacks mention in his diatribe, and whom also have dealt with this same type of dastardly terrorism.  Regardless of what he may have being dealing with in his life, he had absolutely no right to speak for anyone else in his actions.  Already there are posts hitting the internet calling this man some type of "hero" for standing up to the IRS.  This man is nothing more than a terrorist and should be viewed as much by every other American regardless of faction.  How dare he copy the actions of the 19 tyrannical, ideologically insane, despots who, to quote Christopher Hitchens, "annex(ed) two famous achievements of modernism—the high-rise building and the jet aircraft— and use them for immolation and human sacrifice."  How dare he slap not just the country at large, but the family and friends of those who have both died in the attacks of 9/11 and the subsequent War on Terrorism.  How dare he be so narcissistic and selfish as to emulate the cruel action and attempt to deface everything our country stands for and is fighting for.

This man should go down in history as a domestic terrorist.  That's if we should decide to keep records of this atrocity.  One can only hope that it ends here, that this does not become some de facto resolution for despots and cowards in this country and the world abroad.  How dare he use 9/11 as an example or inspiration for an easy way out of a self-prescribed, problematic life.  My condolences to the friends, family, and co-workers of the Austin IRS building.  My apologies to the fallen of 9/11, their friends and family, and to those who have and currently are working towards ending this horrible, ideologically incorrect vigilantism.  You should never had to have witnessed this again, (nay ever).