>>That was the Oklahoma bombing, right?
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>Yes, the Oklahoma City bombing of a US government building.
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>>It is very sad when this kind of thing happens - anywhere in the world. Can you remind me what his apparent or claimed motives where? I didn't follow this case very closely.
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>He felt like the US government had too much power, stemming from a conflict in Waco, Texas, where a government agency (ATF - Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms) tried to forcibly enter a compound run by a religious nut with a penchant for weapons. He choose the anniversary of that Waco disaster (April 19th) to blow up the federal building in Oklahoma City.
If I remember correctly, those were the "Davidians", right? From what I heard from here, that seemed to be a very fanatic group. Or at least a fanatic leader.
OK, thanks for the information.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
