D. Ray <d@ray> wrote in
news:ZdhJjUDqlCRxitfrPwWzMtIILOBfADnZ@news.usenet.farm:

> Skeeter <skeeterweed@photonmail.com> wrote:
>> In article <XnsB24282B6876A4629555@185.151.15.190>, noemail@aol.com
>> says...
>>>
>>> Skeeter <skeeterweed@photonmail.com> wrote in
>>> news:6755cbe3$0$3620704$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com:
>>>
>>>> In article <XnsB241D5223CE42629555@185.151.15.190>, noemail@aol.com
>>>> says...
>>>>>
>>>>> Skeeter <skeeterweed@photonmail.com> wrote in
>>>>> news:6754a3bf$1$2385532$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com:
>>>>>
>>>>>> In article <XnsB24185B786DF9629555@185.151.15.160>,
>>>>>> noemail@aol.com says...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote in
>>>>>>> news:vj1t6i$367nb$1@dont-email.me:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 2024-12-07, Mitchell Holman <noemail@aol.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>>> news:vj1m9p$34i8c$1@dont-email.me:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 2024-12-07, 186282@ud0s4.net <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14165741/unit
>>>>>>>>>>> e dhe alt hc
>>>>>>>>>>> are-brian-thompson-ai-patient-coverage-lawsuit.html
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> A controversial AI program used to deny elderly people
>>>>>>>>>>> health coverage is now at the center of questions about the
>>>>>>>>>>> shooting of the UnitedHealthcare CEO.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Brian Thompson, 50 was gunned down Wednesday outside a
>>>>>>>>>>> Hilton in Midtown Manhattan in what police have described as
>>>>>>>>>>> a 'brazen' and 'targeted' attack.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> It has now emerged that during the years before that, the
>>>>>>>>>>> company implemented AI software that had a 90 percent
>>>>>>>>>>> denial rate.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> . . .
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Gee ... what a SHIT !!!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I'd say "criminal".
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> TAKE money, promising services, DELIVER the fuckin'
>>>>>>>>>>> services !!!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I don't feel sorry for him anymore.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hey, RFK and friends, skip the Froot Loops for
>>>>>>>>>>> awhile and look at THIS health bullshit. Seems
>>>>>>>>>>> to be a GIGANTIC problem.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> That's why I say follow the money.
>>>>>>>>>> In this case it probably has something to do with a
>>>>>>>>>> disgruntled person denied care either for himself or family.
>>>>>>>>>> It could also be corruption in the company such as
>>>>>>>>>> embezzlement, money laundering etc. And it appears the
>>>>>>>>>> shooter had inside information knowing where the CEO was
>>>>>>>>>> staying, arriving, speaking and time frames so that is
>>>>>>>>>> interesting as well. His speaking events are probably public
>>>>>>>>>> record, but arrival times? That's a bit odd.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> They will capture this guy, eventually.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Good luck on getting a jury to convict,
>>>>>>>>> there is a huge "good riddance" factor to
>>>>>>>>> deal with.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In NYC anything is possible but as a rule people loath
>>>>>>>> insurance companies, big pharma and the like so depending upon
>>>>>>>> the jury make up and despite the evidence we see so far you
>>>>>>>> might be correct.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Have you been following the trial of
>>>>>>>>> Daniel Perry, the guy who killed a deranged
>>>>>>>>> subway rider who was threatening other
>>>>>>>>> passengers? Even Republicans are applauding
>>>>>>>>> what he did.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have. This guy is a hero.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So is the CEO shooter.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I grew up in NYC and have taken the subway literally 1000's of
>>>>>>>> times (high school, college, to the beach, the city etc) from
>>>>>>>> the early 70's through the mid 80's so I know full well how
>>>>>>>> dangerous it can be.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I used to see crazies all the time. Urinating between cars onto
>>>>>>>> the tracks. Pooping, using drugs, harassing people and
>>>>>>>> attacking people as well. I learned from a cop relative if
>>>>>>>> stared at never look away but stare back straight into the
>>>>>>>> perps eyes. It plants the thought that you are either a
>>>>>>>> decoy/cop or as crazy as they are so they won't mess with you.
>>>>>>>> And it works. Looking away shows weakness and getting up and
>>>>>>>> moving to another car is even worse as they will follow you.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 2024 Republican hopefuls rush to defend Marine
>>>>>>>>> who put NYC subway rider in fatal chokehold
>>>>>>>>> May 20, 2023
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis urged the nation
>>>>>>>>> to show Daniel Penny that "AmericaÂ?s got his
>>>>>>>>> back." Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley
>>>>>>>>> called for New YorkÂ?s governor to pardon
>>>>>>>>> Penny, and biotech entrepreneur Vivek
>>>>>>>>> Ramaswamy donated $10,000 to his legal defense
>>>>>>>>> fund.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Republican presidential hopefuls have lined
>>>>>>>>> up to support Penny, a 24-year-old U.S. Marine
>>>>>>>>> veteran who was caught on video pinning an
>>>>>>>>> agitated fellow subway passenger in New York
>>>>>>>>> City to the floor in a chokehold. The passenger,
>>>>>>>>> 30-year-old Jordan Neely, later died from
>>>>>>>>> compression of the neck, according to the medical
>>>>>>>>> examiner.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Penny has been charged with manslaughter. His
>>>>>>>>> attorneys say he acted in self-defense.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> https://apnews.com/article/2024-republicans-subway-chokehold-de
>>>>>>>>> a th- be39b29eef4529bf996c13ec5bcd22ef
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This was not racial like the throngs of blacks protesting at
>>>>>>>> the court each day are claiming.
>>>>>>>> This was a Good Samaritan stopping what might have been attacks
>>>>>>>> on helpless people.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Helpless people, like sick people
>>>>>>> being defraud and left to die by the
>>>>>>> CEO who got shot.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As I said, good luck on getting
>>>>>>> a jury to convict him.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You support violence.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Everyone supports violence in a cause they support.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, Hiroshima, anyone?
>>>>
>>>> Nice spin.
>>>
>>>
>>> Truth.
>>>
>>> Do you object to the above acts of violence?
>>
>> You support terrorist violence.
>
> State violence absolutely can be “terrorist violence”. Hiroshima
> 100% was. There were no military goals involved.
>

Hiroshima was a military target.

https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/mp06.asp

Dresden was not.