Posted on 10/21/2005 2:27:41 AM PDT by LibertyRocks
Ping for new article regarding OU and stadium security - mentions threats to other universities.
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Just a coincidence of course; Saturday night hooligans out there starting fights; Yeah...that's what it was...that's the ticket.
For someone in Wisconsin, you're either up very late or up very early. I'll bet it's the latter. My sister-in-law has five kids and she gets up about 4:30 AM to get an early start on her work.
Steven Sloan, a former OU professor,...... said people have to accept the reality that school violence, shootings and bombings will continue and possibly increase.
... said the causes for violence in incidents like these are complex and involve a variety of social, economic and other underlying and precipitating factors.
Man, is that guy delusional, or is he on drugs?
I think this is the same Professor Sloan, his first name would appear to be Stephen not Steven:
Stephen Sloan was a professor at OU 1966-2004. He was Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Presidential Professor 2002-04. He is currently a Fellow in the Global Perspectives Office and University Professor at the University of Central Florida in Orlando.
Historical Dictionary of Terrorism
(Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements, No. 4)
Sean Anderson, Stephen Sloan
Scarecrow Press, Inc. (1994)
"A reference that provides information on terrorist groups, events, and prominent figures spanning the period
from the Zealot insurrections against Roman rule in first century Judea to the present. Entries on terrorist groups and movements provide information on their histories, programs, and leadership, as well as some discussion of the numbers and kinds of action perpetrated by each group. The introduction discusses essential components of terrorism that distinguish it from other forms of political violence." (Book News, Inc., Portland, OR)
Stephen Sloan's Books:
http://www.ou.edu/cas/psc/booksloan.htm
The title of the story suggests there is a problem. But weren't we told that the recent OU suicide bomber was just an isolated incident???
Hmmm...
Hey, I'm an Aussie following this story from Down Under and that smell from OU is wafting all the way across the Pacific Ocean.
The stench is unbearable for me 2000 miles away here in Oregon.
I wish we could get some estuarine crocodiles from Down Under for use at Guantanamo...
thank you for expressing my thought
Last night on his weekly radio show, Auburn head coach Tommy Tuberville was asked why the team buses did not unload at the usual place for Auburn's game with Arkansas in Fayetteville last Saturday night. Tommy said the buses were rerouted due to security concerns stemming from the bomb that blew up outside the OU game.
My note: Fayetteville is not very far from Norman.
This Sloan character is a piece of work, too, passing off "school violence" as something normal and to be expected. Some kid blows himself to smithereens? "Well, ya gotta look at the underlying societal causes..."
Sounds like John Kerry's acceptable "nuisance level" of terrorism.
Nor anyway to deter the chemisty students from making LSD or meth... < /sarcasm >
It "always" economic. That's what the media loves to say. Why Osama Bin Laden is only a billionaire...
They are worried about "copycats" in a "non-event". Wonder how many in the crowd will even be aware of the potential dangerous location they are entering.
The death threat that Charles Bishop/Bishra made against the Super Bowl was suppressed (and an empty threat) but it was included in his suicide note.
Obviously the authorities do not believe the public has a right to know.
Can anyone find his take on the Unabomber or Eric Rudolph?
Sloan said the public should note the fact that if Hinrichs did try to get into the stadium, he was stopped.
"If Hinrichs was turned away, that is a positive mark in terms of security awareness," he said.
While Hinrichs' individual actions are still being probed, the Islamic community of Norman is on edge, fearful that this troubling event is somehow linked to Muslims.
"Haven't we learned from the bombing of the Murrah Building (in 1995) in Oklahoma City, when the first reports tried to tie the bombing to a foreigner from the Middle East?" Sloan said. "But that proved to be false.
"It is much too early to render a full judgment," said Sloan, who regrets that some people already are convinced this is a conspiracy.
The jury of sketics is still out if there was middle eastern association in the OKC bombing. The FBI also denied using incidiary devices in Waco until it was shown that they had.
The secrets of the Clinton years aren't so quick to rise to the surface.
Was the OKC bombing the act of only 2 people (and no one doubts their involvement) or were there more participants?
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