Man Who Flies Plane Into IRS Building A Hero According To Daughter
Posted: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
by Michael Ramzy
delusionthread.com
Last week was a normal week for those of us who live and work in Central Texas. Austin is many things to many people, and for some of us it is home and safety. That relative safety was troubled when Mr. Stack, a man angry with the IRS (and the world) flew his plane into a seven-story building right off the main thoroughfare in Austin, killing himself and one IRS employee.
The site itself is a small ridge overlooking highway 183, a main highway which connects Interstate 35 to the northwest part of the city. The set of buildings on that ridge is called Echelon, and this particular building that was struck housed the IRS with around 190 employees. The crash happened just after rush hour and was all over the news by ten in the morning.
The amazing thing is this: everyone has a beef with the IRS. Everyone has a beef with paying taxes, yet most of us realize we have to do it in order to do our part. Of course, we all know the games those in Washington play with our money (lately without our money), and that just makes some of us angrier. But should we take it out on our local office of the IRS by flying a small plane into a building?
Apparently, according to the pilot's daughter, sure. Actually, she says his actions were 'wrong' but he will be remembered as a hero for 'standing up to injustice'. Really? He owed back taxes because he refused to pay them, he refused a settlement offered by the IRS, he refused to even consider the fact he put himself in his own financial hole. Instead, as with many people these days, he directed his anger and people who had nothing to do with his problem. And for that, he is and should remain a pariah, not a hero.
There is something wrong with us when we start believing ends justify the means. Today it's a man with a small plane, tomorrow it could be . . . what? A man gets angry for not getting a job at a factory, so he mows down a store that sells that factory's products?
The daughter of this idiot might think his father is a 'hero' for standing up to injustice, yet the man who was killed by Mr. Stack's plane served 2 tours in Vietnam. How ironic that she thinks her father is the hero. How sad and scary that many in this city believe her.
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Top-level comments on this article: (4 total)Yeah Mike, it's a shame how so many believe taking innocent lives can accomplish anything constructive.I know, reminds me of those who came to the defense of the morons on 911. Thanks as always.
Quite right Mike, sounds absurd this idea of tit for tat! Injustice done to somebody does not provide that person a right to use violence to retort, however grave!Agreed. Thank you for the comment, sir.
Hi Michael.Maybe his daughter has to think of him that way. Otherwise she would have to revile him. I'm not excusing her, just offering another point of view. Given time, she might come to her senses. Might.I do wonder sometimes where we are all headed when this sort of thing can be seen as right by so many. SCARY!DianneHis daughter retracted the statement since she meant he was a hero before flying the plane into the building. But yes, unfortunately there are many who cheer any fight against the IRS, even if it is something as unnecessary as this. I've driven by the building a number of times, and although the plane is long gone the building itself is completely devastated: looks like a bomb went off in it. Thanks for reading and commenting.
I hope you're wrong that some in your fine city think he's a hero. I don't think anyone in his right mind would say our tax system in the US isn't screwed up but we must work within the system to change it--not hurt innocent people--hero my butt!Well written.
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