Killer as hero

[gowlerk 2,190]

And just like that America has a brand new folk hero. A Pretty Boy Floyd for the new century. Young good looking white man. Enough pictures released that many people must know his name but for some reason no one has come forward yet. Songwriters are strumming chords and roughing in lyrics waiting to find out the name. Hollywood has several scriptwriters working. The main question now is will he be taken dead or alive.

 

Edited December 8, 2024 by gowlerk

[JerryBaumchen 1,354]

1 hour ago, gowlerk said:

And just like that America has a brand new folk hero. A Pretty Boy Floyd for the new century. Young good looking white man. Enough pictures released that many people must know his name but for some reason no one has come forward yet. Songwriters are strumming chords and roughing in lyrics waiting to find out the name. Hollywood has several scriptwriters working. The main question now is will he be taken dead or alive.

 

Hi Ken,

DB Cooper 2.0

Jerry Baumchen

[JoeWeber 2,720]

11 minutes ago, JerryBaumchen said:

Hi Ken,

DB Cooper 2.0

Jerry Baumchen

And if it shines a bright light on insurance industry cockroaches , their lobbyists, and the bastard republicans in Congress who keep America saddled with shit insurance then good. Medicare for all, it works.

[winsor 236]

3 hours ago, JerryBaumchen said:

Hi Ken,

DB Cooper 2.0

Jerry Baumchen

The only person DB Cooper killed was himself. 

Exiting at night in lousy conditions, he was likely alive when he went into the Columbia River, but not for long.

This "hero" is a murderer.  He will be caught soon, since his brilliant plan wasn't.

The fact that he got the gun to go bang is impressive, given that he hadn't practiced.  I'd rather he had a Squeaky Fromme moment where he'd neglected to chamber a round.

Any idiot can go out and kill people, and all too often idiots do.  As far as striking a blow for the cause du jour goes, the law of unintended consequences tends to prevail.

Anyone who considers this guy to be heroic should re-evaluate their values.

 

BSBD,

Winsor

[JerryBaumchen 1,354]

2 minutes ago, winsor said:

The only person DB Cooper killed was himself. 

Exiting at night in lousy conditions, he was likely alive when he went into the Columbia River, but not for long.

This "hero" is a murderer.  He will be caught soon, since his brilliant plan wasn't.

The fact that he got the gun to go bang is impressive, given that he hadn't practiced.  I'd rather he had a Squeaky Fromme moment where he'd neglected to chamber a round.

Any idiot can go out and kill people, and all too often idiots do.  As far as striking a blow for the cause du jour goes, the law of unintended consequences tends to prevail.

Anyone who considers this guy to be heroic should re-evaluate their values.

 

BSBD,

Winsor

hi winsor,

Re:  The only person DB Cooper killed was himself. 

Not one shred of proof of this.  I do not believe the FBI hype that he is dead.

I think that I am the only person here who was 'interviewed' by the FBI back then.  

They had not a clue then; and, they have not one today.

Jerry Baumchen

[nigel99 466]

14 hours ago, winsor said:

The only person DB Cooper killed was himself. 

Exiting at night in lousy conditions, he was likely alive when he went into the Columbia River, but not for long.

This "hero" is a murderer.  He will be caught soon, since his brilliant plan wasn't.

The fact that he got the gun to go bang is impressive, given that he hadn't practiced.  I'd rather he had a Squeaky Fromme moment where he'd neglected to chamber a round.

Any idiot can go out and kill people, and all too often idiots do.  As far as striking a blow for the cause du jour goes, the law of unintended consequences tends to prevail.

Anyone who considers this guy to be heroic should re-evaluate their values.

 

BSBD,

Winsor

Did you see the news recently about Cooper? Mainstream news had an article about the rig being found and handed over to FBI

[Erroll 80]

57 minutes ago, nigel99 said:

Did you see the news recently about Cooper? Mainstream news had an article about the rig being found and handed over to FBI

Which was followed by this::-  

 

[SethInMI 173]

it would be appropriate if one or more threads devolved in to DB cooper threads for the rest of the life of this site. DB Cooper forever.

Edited December 9, 2024 by SethInMI

[riggerrob 643]

While I can understand what motivated the shooter, I am appalled by the notion of political violence. ... perhaps because I met Alfred Pinisch many times before he died in an bumbled FLQ raid during August of 1964.

As many of you have read, I had my troubles amplified by a two-faced medical insurance company: Workmans' Compensation Board of British Columbia.

[jaybird18c 22]

22 hours ago, JoeWeber said:

And if it shines a bright light on insurance industry cockroaches , their lobbyists, and the bastard republicans in Congress who keep America saddled with shit insurance then good. Medicare for all, it works.

It is amazing to me that you can describe this situation (The murderer and the victim) as “good” as long as the means justify your ends.

[JoeWeber 2,720]

19 hours ago, JerryBaumchen said:

hi winsor,

Re:  The only person DB Cooper killed was himself. 

Not one shred of proof of this.  I do not believe the FBI hype that he is dead.

I think that I am the only person here who was 'interviewed' by the FBI back then.  

They had not a clue then; and, they have not one today.

Jerry Baumchen

Ralph Himmelsbach rented a hangar from me for years and took, what seemed to me at the time, an unhealthy interest in Mrs Weber's young son Joseph.

[JoeWeber 2,720]

2 minutes ago, jaybird18c said:

It is amazing to me that you can describe this situation (The murderer and the victim) as “good” as long as the means justify your ends.

If a speeding car runs over a serial killer I'd say there was a certain positive outcome in an unfortunate event. Amazing to me is that a beret wearing member of team ends justifies the means wouldn't agree.

[SkyDekker 1,465]

11 minutes ago, jaybird18c said:

It is amazing to me that you can describe this situation (The murderer and the victim) as “good” as long as the means justify your ends.

Why is that amazing? It is literally the business you are in.

[billvon 2,989]

12 minutes ago, jaybird18c said:

It is amazing to me that you can describe this situation (The murderer and the victim) as “good” as long as the means justify your ends.

Do you think that the death of Jesus had any good outcomes?

[JoeWeber 2,720]

19 hours ago, winsor said:

The only person DB Cooper killed was himself. 

Exiting at night in lousy conditions, he was likely alive when he went into the Columbia River, but not for long.

This "hero" is a murderer.  He will be caught soon, since his brilliant plan wasn't.

The fact that he got the gun to go bang is impressive, given that he hadn't practiced.  I'd rather he had a Squeaky Fromme moment where he'd neglected to chamber a round.

Any idiot can go out and kill people, and all too often idiots do.  As far as striking a blow for the cause du jour goes, the law of unintended consequences tends to prevail.

Anyone who considers this guy to be heroic should re-evaluate their values.

 

BSBD,

Winsor

Sneaking up on a victim and shooting them in the back is anything but heroic and were I consulted I would not have made the recommendation. But it happened and is now news. For a lot of folks anything less wouldn't have blipped on their radar screens.

[jaybird18c 22]

2 hours ago, JoeWeber said:

If a speeding car runs over a serial killer I'd say there was a certain positive outcome in an unfortunate event. Amazing to me is that a beret wearing member of team ends justifies the means wouldn't agree.

You’re comparing a serial killer to the CEO of an organization? Would you be one who would celebrate a successful assassination of Donald Trump?

[normiss 798]

55 minutes ago, jaybird18c said:

You’re comparing a serial killer to the CEO of an organization? Would you be one who would celebrate a successful assassination of Donald Trump?

Serial killer, now serial felon criminal and sex criminal....hmmmm....tough one there.

Both clearly need to be in prison for a VERY long time.

[JoeWeber 2,720]

1 hour ago, jaybird18c said:

You’re comparing a serial killer to the CEO of an organization? Would you be one who would celebrate a successful assassination of Donald Trump?

No, I am observing that positive outcomes are a possibility in any unfortunate event. 

[winsor 236]

54 minutes ago, normiss said:

Serial killer, now serial felon criminal and sex criminal....hmmmm....tough one there.

Both clearly need to be in prison for a VERY long time.

Well, it looks like Luigi Mangione is going to be in prison for a very long time.

[normiss 798]

15 minutes ago, winsor said:

Well, it looks like Luigi Mangione is going to be in prison for a very long time.

If only ALL murders were pursued this aggressively! 

[rushmc 23]

On 12/8/2024 at 11:06 AM, gowlerk said:

And just like that America has a brand new folk hero. A Pretty Boy Floyd for the new century. Young good looking white man. Enough pictures released that many people must know his name but for some reason no one has come forward yet. Songwriters are strumming chords and roughing in lyrics waiting to find out the name. Hollywood has several scriptwriters working. The main question now is will he be taken dead or alive.

 

No, sir, a good samaritan got exonerated. 

Edited December 9, 2024 by rushmc

[rushmc 23]

10 hours ago, nigel99 said:

Did you see the news recently about Cooper? Mainstream news had an article about the rig being found and handed over to FBI

By his family after his wife died

[jaybird18c 22]

40 minutes ago, JoeWeber said:

No, I am observing that positive outcomes are a possibility in any unfortunate event. 

Medical advances were accomplished by the Nazis at the expense of Jews. Did you support the Nazi cause? Do you realize how f-ing stupid your comparison was?

 

[SkyDekker 1,465]

5 minutes ago, jaybird18c said:

Medical advances were accomplished by the Nazis at the expense of Jews. Did you support the Nazi cause? Do you realize how f-ing stupid your comparison was?

 

Medical advances also came about by SEAL team members experimenting on wounded captives.

But that is totally different right.....

[jaybird18c 22]

1 minute ago, SkyDekker said:

Medical advances also came about by SEAL team members experimenting on wounded captives.

But that is totally different right.....

Just to be clear, given the stupid comparisons here, you agree with JoeWeber and think that it’s “good” that the CEO of a company in the United States was murdered because of supposed benefit which could arise from it?