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originally posted by: notquitesure
a reply to: WhiteAlice
Sure, it was reported late in 2012 that sequencing his DNA was the plan. But other than this Andrew Solomon piece (and you really might want to explore him further), where is there evidence that anyone, anywhere is actually sequencing Adam Lanza's DNA?
If you want to take this at face value, that's your right. I don't. Period.
originally posted by: buster2010
Why was there a need to redact anything?
originally posted by: th3dudeabides
There is no reason why a school shooting should be so heavily redacted.
originally posted by: BlindBastards
Why? It doesn’t seem to be a “national security” sort of issue, so why all the secrecy?
originally posted by: JiggyPotamus
What is the point of censoring information when it could not possibly be classified?
originally posted by: cosmicexplorer
Why would any of it be redacted? That makes absolutely no sense at all...
I wonder what the motivation is. Perhaps they wanted a civil war and too few people had woken up during times of OKC and 9/11. Perhaps these things just instill fear of government which maybe a more powerful fear than anything else. Jaques Ellul, sociologist and author of "Propaganda: The Shaping Of Mens Attitudes" (which is much better than Bernays much earlier book) explains that fear makes one more susceptible to propaganda.
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originally posted by: Daedalus
originally posted by: theMediator
I bet FBI is testing to see how much crap can americans eat before rebelling.
I mean come on, talk about insulting.
If someone would redact a paper like that and give it back with a smile, I would slap them behind the head.
that's the thing....and the federal government has honed this skill to almost an artform.....they're REALLY good at pushing in tiny increments...and in ways that seem innocuous to the majority. they push, and they push, and then when people snap, they paint them as terrorists, or crazy people that wear tin hats, or otherwise paint them in some negative way, to marginalize them, so nobody pays attention when they're thrown in jail, killed, or disappeared.
there's a very strong possibility that their actions will never trigger a real revolt, because the majority aren't angry...or at least not angry enough....the feds are really good at keeping the situation, as a whole, from red-lining....
originally posted by: derfreebie
originally posted by: Daedalus
originally posted by: theMediator
I bet FBI is testing to see how much crap can americans eat before rebelling.
I mean come on, talk about insulting.
If someone would redact a paper like that and give it back with a smile, I would slap them behind the head.
that's the thing....and the federal government has honed this skill to almost an artform.....they're REALLY good at pushing in tiny increments...and in ways that seem innocuous to the majority. they push, and they push, and then when people snap, they paint them as terrorists, or crazy people that wear tin hats, or otherwise paint them in some negative way, to marginalize them, so nobody pays attention when they're thrown in jail, killed, or disappeared.
there's a very strong possibility that their actions will never trigger a real revolt, because the majority aren't angry...or at least not angry enough....the feds are really good at keeping the situation, as a whole, from red-lining....
Maybe not... there are things that happen even close to the 'redline' that are
beyond accurate quantifying in a complex system. You can plug all the variables
into a supercomputer while going through the permutations, and still get one
variable that's not static: individual perception
That's what the PTB don't get--- people and their awareness are presently dynamic,
not static. And although the 'pushes' are presumed within tolerance levels for the
average... you may always get at least one Dorner out of it.
My concern right now is how many whole counties full of people have isolated
Dorners in it who don't know the guy or gal three doors down is of a like mind...
originally posted by: Cuervo
It doesn't even make sense. It's almost like they are trolling us so we'll just throw our hands up and stop asking for these sorts of things in the future.
originally posted by: LrdRedhawk
a reply to: leopardpimps
Thank you! At least someone sees what I see. It's not rocket science to figure it out. So much cognitive dissonance everywhere.
originally posted by: Blaine91555
The following is my opinion as a member participating in this discussion.
Guessing at what was redacted, based on that sample; it looks like it is names, addresses and personal information. Why do people want that, need that and for what reason? To bother the victims families, acquaintances, or employers for some bizarre reason?
I'd hope they continue to protect the victims families and innocent parties and I'd question the logic of doing otherwise.
They let all that information out one thing that is for sure in my opinion, is that some sick person will come along and hurt them again. There is no conspiracy here I can see.
I can only imagine how hurtful it truly is to the victims families when they see this stuff on the Internet. Most of it is heartless and ...................
As an ATS Staff Member, I will not moderate in threads such as this where I have participated as a member.