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fandomhigh2008-06-19 06:28 am
tyler_gone) wrote in fandomhigh2008-06-19 06:28 am
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Chemistry for Anarchists, June 19
Tyler stood in the front of the room, arms folded, waiting for the students to assemble.
"Hey. We were gonna make fertilizer bombs today, but even Danger Shop is balking at that much firepower. So instead of doing, we're gonna talk and watch TV."
He reached for a stack of handouts and started passing them out. "This is a really good article on the science of fertilizer bombs. Sounds funny -- making a bomb out of what's basically waste -- but it doesn't look funny at all," and to illustrate that he hit a button on a projector, and the image of a ruined building filled a screen. "This is what the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City looked after it got hit with a truckload of fertilizer rigged to explode."
"Now we're going to watch an episode of Biography about Tim McVeigh, who was responsible for that destruction. He believed the U.S. government was corrupt and invading personal liberties, and that -" he nodded to the screen "- was how he chose to express it."
"Watch the episode, then write a couple paragraphs reacting to McVeigh's story. Next week is your final; you'll get to actually blow things up again then."
[OOC Edit: If you're reading this class late, please be aware it was the result of a lapse of judgement on my part, and I recognize the handling of the material was inappropriate. The links, especially the image link, may be disturbing.]
"Hey. We were gonna make fertilizer bombs today, but even Danger Shop is balking at that much firepower. So instead of doing, we're gonna talk and watch TV."
He reached for a stack of handouts and started passing them out. "This is a really good article on the science of fertilizer bombs. Sounds funny -- making a bomb out of what's basically waste -- but it doesn't look funny at all," and to illustrate that he hit a button on a projector, and the image of a ruined building filled a screen. "This is what the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City looked after it got hit with a truckload of fertilizer rigged to explode."
"Now we're going to watch an episode of Biography about Tim McVeigh, who was responsible for that destruction. He believed the U.S. government was corrupt and invading personal liberties, and that -" he nodded to the screen "- was how he chose to express it."
"Watch the episode, then write a couple paragraphs reacting to McVeigh's story. Next week is your final; you'll get to actually blow things up again then."
[OOC Edit: If you're reading this class late, please be aware it was the result of a lapse of judgement on my part, and I recognize the handling of the material was inappropriate. The links, especially the image link, may be disturbing.]
Sign In [6/18]
General Class Stuff [6/18]
Assignment [6/18]
Talk to Tyler [6/18]
Talk to Evey [6/19]
OOC [6/19]
I am dealing with a sick baby today so I dunno how much I'll be around. Whee.
Re: OOC [6/19]
I miss being able to edit.
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"The death toll was 168."
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Wouldn't do to have the kids think he supported blowing up daycares. Even at his darkest, he'd gone to some trouble to make sure he'd be blowing up empty buildings.
"He's not a role model. At all, unless youre a sick freak. It's just a famous use of a homemade fertilizer bomb."
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The poor, naive boy assumed that Tyler would only have ever bombed things that Sokka would consider to be legitimate targets.
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He wasn't anybody's doom. Maybe his own.
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Mostly.
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She closed her eyes, fighting back a wave of nausea. All those people.
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"Anyhow, government tried to smoke them out to see exactly what was up, things got messy, U.S. agents ended up basically setting it on fire. Lot of them didn't get out."
He shook his head. "Whole thing is pretty dirty and very sad. Do you need to go get some water or something?"
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"But no, we still don't live in McVeigh's ideal world." For which pretty much everyone in the classroom should no doubt be profoundly grateful.
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He pushed his hair back. "Wrong bodies, too."
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She took a deep breath. "I don't think ... it's ... maybe I'm not as much of an anarchist as I thought."
Collateral damage. Horrifying.
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