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By Tana Ganeva Man Who Crashed Plane into IRS Building Posted Online Manifesto (and Gets Right-Wing Macabre Facebook Fan Page)
Software engineer Joseph Stack blasted taxes, the legal system and corporate executives in his suicide note, and a Facebook fan club celebrates his act. February 19, 2010 |
In a suicide note posted online, Joseph Stack, the 53-year-old software engineer who slammed his plane into an IRS building in Austin, Texas Thursday morning, railed against the federal government, taxation, the legal system, corporate execs and the bailout.
“If you’re reading this, you’re no doubt asking yourself, 'Why did this have to happen?' The simple truth is that it is complicated and has been coming for a long time,” wrote Stack.
We are all taught as children that without laws there would be no society, only anarchy. Sadly, starting at early ages we in this country have been brainwashed to believe that, in return for our dedication and service, our government stands for justice for all,” he continued.
“We are further brainwashed to believe that there is freedom in this place, and that we should be ready to lay our lives down for the noble principals represented by its founding fathers. Remember? One of these was 'no taxation without representation.' I have spent the total years of my adulthood unlearning that crap from only a few years of my childhood. These days anyone who really stands up for that principal is promptly labeled a 'crackpot,' traitor and worse.”
Within hours of Stack's attack on the IRS building, which wounded two people and left one unaccounted for (as of late Thursday, 2 bodies had been pulled from the site), a right-wing group celebrating Stack popped up on Facebook. The page featured the Gadsden flag (a coiled snake against a yellow background with the slogan "Don't Tread on Me") and the following statement: "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." ..........(more)
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http://www.alternet.org/news/145734/man_who_crashed_plane_into_irs_building_posted_online_manifesto_%28and_gets_right-wing_macabre_facebook_fan_page%29
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