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Guess Kos never heard of Alan Berg

by BobX
Sun Apr 15th, 2007 at 10:43:23 AM EST

"But so what? It's not as if those cowards will actually act on their threats. For better or for worse, this isn't a country in which media figures -- even hugely controversial ones -- are routinely attacked by anything more dangerous than a cream pie." Kos

Well, here's part of a wiki entry of the assassination of Alan Berg.

On June 18, 1984, Alan Berg was shot thirteen times in the driveway of his home next to his Volkswagen Beetle. While no one was ever convicted of Berg's murder, a group called The Order, a white nationalist organization spawned by George Lincoln Rockwell's American Nazi Party, was suspected of being behind it. Ultimately, several members of The Order, most notably the getaway driver, David Lane, were convicted of conspiracy, as well as violations of Berg's civil rights and the RICO statutes. Lane was sentenced to what is essentially a life sentence.

During the trial, it was revealed that after receiving death threats from The Order, Berg (a gun control proponent) unsuccessfully applied for a handgun permit with Denver Police Chief Ari Zavaras less than a year before his death. spelling corrected

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Berg

Why is this relevant to all of the discussion that has gone on in the recent weeks? It is because there is a real threat. Why some people in the blogosphere seem to not recognize this fact is that sitting safely behind the keyboard in your home allows you to express yourself in a way similar to how Berg ran his radio show, safely behind his microphone. Berg obviously feared for his life and rightly so as he was murdered.
What will it take? There have already have been numerous outings, if someone will do the work to out someone, is it not comprehensible that murder is not that far off?
The blogosphere needs to take a long hard look at what has gone on and look at what the repercussions might be and deal with them on a realistic level. That means reporting threats to the proper authorities and following up to make sure that they are not taken lightly.

Guess Kos never heard of Alan Berg | 6 comments (6 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Guess Kos never heard of Alan Berg (4.00 / 12)

I've got to work, I'll check back later.

Don't tread on me

by BobX on Sun Apr 15th, 2007 at 10:45:15 AM EST

Re: Guess Kos never heard of Alan Berg (4.00 / 8)

I used to live in Denver and I remember when Alan Berg was shot. It never got the national media attention that it should have, perhaps because Alan was Jewish and his murderers were white supremacists. Imagine if Alan had been a pretty blonde woman and her killer a black man.

Obama is a Patriot

by Steven D on Sun Apr 15th, 2007 at 04:07:28 PM EST
[ Parent ]

It certainly got MY attention at that time... (none / 1)

Some black and/or progressive papers covered it in Cali. It sent a chill, let me tell you, during the age of Ray-gun.

An untypical Negro

by blksista (gab1954@gmail.com) on Mon Apr 16th, 2007 at 11:36:48 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Guess Kos never heard of Alan Berg (4.00 / 9)

I was trying to think of that guy's name earlier.

The biggest concern with threats of any kind is that the person making them is either always unbalanced or temporarily unhinged - therefore making his/her action unpredictable.

Is it 2009 yet?

by Teacher Toni (tacoralatyahoodotcom) on Sun Apr 15th, 2007 at 10:56:09 AM EST

Same here (4.00 / 10)

Thanks for supplying Berg's name. I remembered the incident but I couldn't remember the victim, and he was one of the first things I thought of when I read the firestorm surrounding Kos' comments.

This also gets back to a very basic fact: George W. Bush is not serious about the War On Terror. (Insomuch as there can be a war on an emotion.) If was really serious about going after terrorists, the FBI and other domestic law enforcement groups would be going after domestic terrorists. You don't need to go overseas to find them, you don't need the armed forces to smoke them out, and it would cost a lot less money.

Oh, but that's the point, isn't it? All of this is a mask he can hide his efforts to enrich "his base" behind. Domestic terrorism efforts don't make defense contractors rich.

The avalanche has started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote. -- Ambassador Kosh

by Omir the Storyteller (omir.the.storyteller -CAT- gmail -DOG- com) on Sun Apr 15th, 2007 at 11:25:16 AM EST

I've had death threats (4.00 / 2)

because of what I've written online.

Yet I'm still more scared of our own government than I am of some nutjob stalking me.

I can theoretically defend myself against the nutjob.

I can't against our government.

That's why I really don't give a f*ck about the nutjobs.

They are not the enemy. Our government is, right now, until it changes.

If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen. It's pretty simple. I don't care whether you're a man, woman, or German Shephard, the nature of the beast is the same.

by Nordic on Sun Apr 15th, 2007 at 04:13:32 PM EST

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