Because I can be a shameless meme whore just like the rest of you... Here's the 5-word meme that's been making the rounds for a wee while.

The 5 Word Meme

Reply to this meme by yelling "Words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you.

And my 5 words, as assigned by laurainlimbo below the cut...

( My 5 Words )

Happy Hump Day boys and girls! I hope you've all had an excellent... or at least tolerable week! And just think... the week is half over and Friday is right around the corner now!!!

My stepdad showed this to me originally. Not sure if any of ya'll had seen it before or not but I figured I'd toss it out there. It's a cute little story with some amazing animation...

So without further ado, I give you Bunny...



I hope everybody had a fantastic holiday weekend!!!

I ran across a story recently and I'm just not sure how I feel about it yet...

A South Carolina woman, Jerri Gray, has been arrested and is now looking at spending the next 15 years of her life in prison if convicted on the two felony counts she's been charged with. Her crime? She has an extremely obese 14-year old son.

Specifically, she's looking at 5 years for custodial interference after fleeing South Carolina with her son... they were arrested in Maryland. And she's looking at 10 years for "unlawful neglect." She's being charged with neglect because her 14-year old son currently tips the scales at 555 pounds.

According to the South Carolina Department of Social Services, Ms. Gray had been contacted several times about her son's weight and had even been issued a treatment plan. When, according to the state, she failed to bring her son in for his medical appointments, she was issued a warning that she would lose custody of her son... hence the fleeing to Maryland thing.

Ms. Gray's lawyer however insists that she did turn up for those medical appointments only to be told that they weren't able to accommodate somebody of Alexander's size and somebody bound to a wheelchair.. which he is. The attorney also says that because Ms. Gray lives on a fixed income that after all of the bills have been paid, hey have less than $200 bucks a month to buy food and because of the limited money, Ms. Gray is relegated to buying the unhealthy, processed and highly fattening foods. The lawyer claims that their circumstances force Ms. Gray to buy food that is full of empty calories and devoid of any nutriton. He further states that because Alexander's friends know his circumstances, at school they regularly buy him the fast food in the campus cafeteria which has added substantially to his weight gain.

Honestly, I'm not quite sure where I come down on this issue...

On one hand, one of the best arguments I heard for upholding her arrest is that if this were a case where she was starving her son, nobody would say a word about it. And I'm pretty sure that's true. But in this case, she's putting his health in jeopardy by letting him balloon up to more than 500 pounds. He's likely to suffer some serious, serious health problems because of such an excessive amount of weight.

On the other hand though, does the state have the right to intervene in this matter? I think it sets up a rather steep slippery slope if the state is allowed to begin regulating people's "proper" weight. If the state is allowed to intervene in situations like this, what weight is going to be deemed to be too much? And what criteria will they use to determine it? And will the state factor in legitimate health problems that may contribute to weight gain such as a thyroid problem? Where would it end?

I don't know what the right answer here is. Should Jerri Gray wind up in prison because of her son's weight? Should the state have the right to step in like this? Is this an out of control nanny state? Or is this reasonable protection of the children?

I'm not sure... what do you folks think?

*** Well, it certainly feels like summer has arrived. It's closing in on midnight and still feels like it's about a bazillion degrees. Though it's cooled off from the ten bazillion degrees it was earlier, so that's a good thing. The forecast... if that can really be believed... calls for temps in the high-70's all week... that would be good... that I could deal with. Fingers crossed for a relatively mild summer.

*** 'twas a nice weekend overall... some productivity and lots of mellowness... always a good thing. Went to dinner with firewench and spiderpig1 last night which was really nice. Thanks again, you guys. They were also kind enough to lend me the Firefly series... because they were appalled that I hadn't seen it. Though in my defense, I have seen (and loved) Serenity. They also lent me a zombie flick that looks pretty good as well as another film called "Teeth" which looks... interesting though somewhat disturbing. Not always a bad combination. I'll definitely have to give it a view.

*** My geek flag is still flying... though at about half-mast right about now. The one bum-out about this chess tournament I'm playing in is that everybody is just thrown into the pool... there aren't different divisions for different skill levels. Though I suppose it would be impossible to verify the skill level somebody claims to be so what are you gonna do? My first draw was a very nice older gentleman... who promptly informed me of his USCF ranking and told me a bit about the national tourneys he's played in and how he fared against some of the apparently heavy-hitters in the game. I knew pretty quick that I was about to get smoked. So we begin our match and I thought I was holding my own fairly well... I was busy laying a trap for him and needed about two more moves to spring it. I failed to realize until it was too late however that I was walking straight into one he'd been setting up. When I realized what he was about to spring on me, I had no way out of it. Bummer. For my second match, I drew somebody about equal to my own skill level and I should have won that match... I made the fatal mistake however of watching a ballgame at the same time I was running my match. Which of course, was stupid. I made a couple of really boneheaded moves and boom, that game was done. It was a winnable game too. So now I sit a 0-2 in pool play... I have 6 matches left and heading into it, I figured I would need at least 6 points to make it to the playoffs... which means I now have to run the table if I have any chance of surviving the pool play. Not bloody likely but hey, I'll give it a ride and see what comes of it. Worst case scenario is I learn a few things, keep practicing and see how I fare in the next tournament. One thing that is killing me is that I've never played on a clock before. I'm used to having all the time I need to scout the board and plan things out... but I'm so freaking conscious of being on a clock that I'm not letting myself really "see" the board... at least not several moves ahead like I need to be doing. I played a couple of games off a clock over the weekend and was able to win them all... so I think there is a total weird mental thing about that stupid clock that is tripping me up. Something I obviously have to work on. Yes, I'm a geek. But I love that game.

*** So a couple of months back, an old friend of mine... she was actually one of my old bowling teammates found me on Facebook. Yes, I used to bowl league and tournaments... and enjoyed it too! Anyway, she had asked if I'd be interested in subbing in when she needed bodies for her softball league to which I replied, absolutely. It's been a couple of years now, at least, since I strapped on the cleats and the glove and played, but I'm always up for a competitive sport, so why not? So I got a call from her on Tuesday asking if I wanted to play on Wednesday night. Cool! When gametime actually rolled around though, I was a bit nervous, to be honest. I hate sucking and being that I hadn't so much as picked up a bat or a ball in eons, I had serious visions of sheer suckitude. I had a chance to warm up for about 15 minutes before the game and worked into some long toss with one of the guys and was starting to feel pretty decent... right up until I uncorked one that sailed about 5 feet over his head. Yikes. During the rest of our warmups, I was so conscious about letting one fly over his head that I short hopped him a couple of times and still managed to send one sailing over his head. I just sat there thinking "oh, this is going to go really well."

So we're on the field first and my friend gives me 3rd base... I'm a natural 2nd baseman and have never played the corner in my life. But I'm game for it... and we have a few more minutes to warm-up on the field, so I'm going to be a pro in a few short minutes right? Honestly, I was concerned the most about my fielding at that position. But I didn't mishandle a single chance... no bobbles, no deflections... I was solid fielding. It was the stinking throws that screwed me up! During the on-field warm-ups, I fielded the ball cleanly but my first throw sailed right over our 1st basemen's head and if there had been bleachers behind her, probably would have killed somebody sitting there. I was determined to not do that again, so on the next one I took, I again fielded it cleanly and fired the ball across the diamond... 5 feet to her left. At least that one didn't go sailing over her head, right? So the ump calls for the game to start and that crap was rolling around in my head... which the Gremlins up there were having a field day with. As I was standing in front of the other team's dugout when playing the field, I'm sure they thought I was an absolute nut listening to me tell myself to "shut up" whenever I had to field a ball. I managed to snag all of the liners and pop-ups hit my way, but when it came to firing to first... I just couldn't make that throw. Those misfires during warm-ups just haunted me the whole game. I ended up throwing one over her head and one to her right (almost killing the baserunner in the process) with both runners eventually coming around to score... so those 2 runs were square on my head... though I did gun down a runner at the plate (yeah, I could make THAT throw) so I suppose that negates one of those other runs... so I ended up costing my team a run. Which blows. The silver lining however is that we beat them like 20-3 or something like that. The ump ended up calling the mercy rule, ending the game.

On the offensive side, my line looks fairly decent... I was 3-3 with 3 singles, a walk, 3 runs scored and 4 RBI's... and only hit one ball out of the infield. Awesome. In my first at-bat, I hit a chopper to third but managed to get out of the box clean, just put my head down and motored... and managed to beat the throw by about a step. It was nice to see that I can still cruise when I need to. In my second at-bat, I got way under the ball and popped it straight up. It literally landed about two feet in front of the plate... and it only landed because the catcher and pitcher were standing there, looking at one another. Way to hit 'em where they ain't, huh? I was walked in my third at-bat and the only real contact I made came in my 4th trip to the plate. I got a good swing on it and smacked it over the shortstop's head, dropping it in front of the outfielder. That one felt good.

So all in all, I don't think I was horrible nor was I terrific... I'd grade me at a B-... two throwing errors is two too many. Especially when they cost your team runs. But it was a ton of fun... I really enjoyed playing and will hopefully get a call to sub in again soon... I'm just hoping the 2nd baseman goes down next time.

*** On the super-cool side of things, I'm currently using the new computer my uncle built for me as a graduation present. It kick some serious butt... it's super-fast, super-super-quiet... seriously, you'd never even know it was on if the monitor wasn't on and loaded up with Windows 7, which I loooove. Very, very awesome.

Oh well... time to begin another week... but a thankfully short week... of trudging down at Ye Olde Salt Mine.

Hope everybody had a fantastic weekend and has a great week!

As the old saying goes... a picture is worth a thousand words...

Just over twenty years ago now, this iconic image was captured near Tiananmen Square in China.



The identity and fate of the courageous soul who came to be known simply as "Tank Man" is, to this day, unknown...

Less than a week ago now, this image was snapped in the streets of Iran...



The identity and fate of this courageous woman is as of yet, unknown...

This woman, like "Tank Man" 20 years before her, is fighting for something far too many people take for granted... her rights, her freedom and her ability to make her voice heard.

The brutal government crackdown on citizens who have the temerity to denounce a rigged election and to demand their rights is absolutely tragic. Just as in China twenty years ago, people are being beaten and people are being killed for trying to make their country a better place to live.

My heart absolutely goes out to the Iranian people... May they overcome the brutality and the oppression and take control of their country and their future...

hat tip to jblaque for the latter of the two photos.

Let's face it... reality television sucks. Plain and simple. Most of these so-called "reality" shows do little more than provide mind-numbing "entertainment" by bringing out the worst in some people and putting it on display for all to see. Granted, I'm sure it's not entirely too difficult to bring that out in some of these douchebags, but still... And sadly, the public just eats it up... would there really be a new reality show born every 5 minutes if there wasn't a market for it? True, some of these train wrecks have a thankfully short shelf life, but every time one gets flushed down the crapper, something new and even worse rises up from the cesspool of the television network boardrooms to take its place.

I happened to catch a commercial for the newest piece of trash being brought to us, the ad proudly states, by the creators of The Real Housewives of... (fill in the city) and is called NYC Prep. It seems that this newest little slice of "reality" television ambrosia is centered around 6 kids between the ages of 15 and 18 living on the Upper East Side in New York who attend some ritzy private schools... so obviously these kids all come from some pretty wealthy families. In just the clips I saw, these kids... wow... arrogant, self-absorbed, attitudes of total entitlement and not a one of them seemed like a decent human being. I'm sure some people would say that they're just kids... and that's true. However, I would submit that living these lives of pampered leisure, having everything handed to them (literally) on a silver platter and never having to take responsibility for their actions is distorting their view of reality, of life and of people and that if they're acting this way in their mid to late teens, without any sort of reality check, their behavior isn't likely to change. And it's pretty unlikely that parents who act the exact same way as these little monsters (after all, the kids had to learn it somewhere) are going to provide that reality check.

Don't take my word for it however... take a peek and judge for yourself... below the cut is a clip of NYC Prep that I personally think is pretty vomit-worthy, but I leave it to you fine folks to make up your own minds.

( Have the Gag Bags on Standby )

I don't know... maybe this piece of trash isn't any more objectionable than the rest of the trash out there that passes for "entertainment" these days. I just find that reality television has become a race to the bottom with every show seeming intent on out-sleazing the others. For whatever reason, I find the fact that these kids walk around, behaving like the characters in that movie Cruel Intentions and think that it is not just normal, but okay to be infinitely more disturbing than say a group of wealthy, catty women arguing over whose husband makes more money or what salon they should go get their hair done in. Worst of all however, is that this garbage is being "glamorized" and "glorified" on television... tell me there aren't kids that will be watching this crap, think it's "cool" and do their best to emulate it. To have these spoiled little kids talking about sex and drugs being normal and something that "everybody" does at their school is absolutely disgusting... not to mention the horrific message it sends out to those kids that are undoubtedly going to worship this show and the spoiled little kids that populate it.

Granted, there are some shows out there like Intervention or The Biggest Loser that are doing their best to promote a positive message by shining a bright light on real social problems... but those seem to be few and far between. Most reality shows seem to be of the Real Housewives or the NYC Prep variety that are little more than a glorification of absolutely hideous and boorish behavior and do little more than show the worst sides of these people. Or even worse, you have a show like that John and Kate Plus Eight show where viewers witnessed the implosion of somebody's marriage and family life... more than 10 million apparently tuned in for the latest episode after weeks of media coverage about somebody's infidelity or some other such scandal or whatever. Honestly, I've never seen it and I don't particularly care to.

What is our obsession with reality television? Obviously, a ton of people love reality television or it would simply go away. What compels somebody to watch some of these things where the worst in people is on display or a relationship grows more and more strained every week until they hit the breaking point? Deep down, are we all just a bunch of Peeping Tom's that thrill on getting an "inside look" at somebody else's life? Do we just enjoy a little bit of schadenfreude now and again?

I don't know... I really, really don't. So how about you fine folks? Who out there watches "reality" television? If you do, which shows do you watch? And if you don't mind my asking, what keeps you tuning in week after week?

I'd love to hear any and all input on the subject of "reality" television...

Lots of good guesses on the 80's trivia I posted last night! Ya'll are like totally awesome. Check the answers and see how you did!

Here are the answers...

1) "Howling Mad" Murdoch.

2) Pepsi.

3) Flash.

4) Isaac Washington.

5) Milk & Pepsi.

6) Jo, Blair, Natalie & Tootie.

7) Richard Nixon. (for the record, I thought it was Ronald Reagan!!! This site says otherwise!)

8) The Regal Beagle.

9) The Great Space Coaster.

10) The Electric Company.

11) Sgt. Slaughter.

12) Zeus & Apollo.

13) The Greatest American Hero.

14) Castle Greyskull.

15) Twiggy.

16) Island Hoppers.

17) Azriel.

18) Blue Moon Detective Agency.

19) The Tracy Ullman Show.

20) Martha Quinn, JJ Jackson, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter & Nina Blackwood.

So? How did ya'll do? Thanks for playing!!!

Back in April, Janet Napolitano, the Director of Homeland Security, issued a report warning of a possible increase in violence carried out by right-wing extremist groups. The threat assessment outlined several factors for the possible rise in extremist violence including, "...the election of the first black or mixed race President in the person of Barack Obama, perceived future gun control measures, illegal immigration, the economic downturn beginning in 2008, and disgruntled military veterans' possible vulnerability to recruitment efforts by extremist groups as risk factors for right-wing extremism."

Predictably, the right-wing talking heads as well as Congressional Republicans blasted Napolitano for the report, claiming that she was slandering returning veterans. And of course, as seems to be SOP with the Republican party and their noise machine on Faux News, they completely ignored the actual substance of the report. Very disappointingly, Director Napolitano couldn't backpedal fast enough, couldn't apologize more profusely and couldn't bow, scrape and prostrate herself more before the Republican attack-dogs. (When, oh when will the Democrats grow a spine???) The report was NOT an attack on returning vets in any way, shape or form... though the right-wing sought (successfully) to portray it as such.

Glen M. Garner Jr., the national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, though indicating that it could have and probably should have been worded slightly differently, said the report served a vital purpose.

In a statement, Garner said:

"A government that does not assess internal and external security threats would be negligent of a critical public responsibility."

In light of the recent cold-blooded murder of Dr. George Tiller, James von Brunn's shooting rampage at the Holocaust Memorial Museum and Richard Poplawski gunning down three Pittsburgh police officers back in April, I think that report seems damn near prophetic.

Though I know that the people who committed these terrible crimes are ultimately responsible for their own actions, I can’t help but feel that some of these right-wing talking heads on television and radio should be taking an enormous amount of heat as well. Did they pull the trigger? No. Did they specifically tell these people to go kill others? No. But did they fan the flames of hatred, fear and anger? You bet your ass they did… and continue to do so with no reservations about it and certainly no remorse even in the wake of tragedy. They spend enormous amount of time demonizing this group or that group, be it liberals, gays, Muslims, Mexicans, pro-choicers, the anti-war crowd or whatever the flavor of the day happens to be. And I believe that when you demonize and dehumanize a group of people, when you fan the flames of anger and hate and it finds an audience with somebody that may not be the most stable to begin with, the results can be tragic, as we have seen… and if the DHS report is right, will continue to see more frequently.

Think I’m full of crap? Think that words are harmless and that the anger and hate being spewed from conservative talk radio every single hour of every single day doesn’t have any impact whatsoever? Think it’s just a case of “sticks and stones?” or that maybe more of an issue is being made of right-wing talkers than is really warranted? Maybe. But I’d ask you to consider this…

On July 27, 2008 Jim David Adkisson entered the Knoxville Unitarian Universalist Church in Tennessee while a youth program was in progress. He was armed with a 12-gauge shotgun and began firing into the crowd of nearly 200 people. Adkisson managed to kill 2 two people and wound 7 others before members of the congregation were able to subdue him. In a search of his home, police discovered a reading collection that is literally a who’s who of Fox news personalities… among the books collected from Adkisson’s home were Liberalism is a Mental Disorder by radio talk show host Michael Savage; Let Freedom Ring: Winning the War of Liberty over Liberalism by talk show host Sean Hannity; The O'Reilly Factor: The Good, the Bad, and the Completely Ridiculous in American Life by television talk show host Bill O'Reilly.

In his statement to police, Adkisson said that he was motivated to kill by his “hatred of liberalism and by extension, homosexuality.”

From the sworn affidavit of one of the officers who interviewed Adkisson:

During the interview Adkisson stated that he had targeted the church because of its liberal teachings and his belief that all liberals should be killed because they were ruining the country, and that he felt that the Democrats had tied his country's hands in the war on terror and they had ruined every institution in America with the aid of major media outlets. Adkisson made statements that because he could not get to the leaders of the liberal movement that he would then target those that had voted them into office.

Take special note of the highlighted passage because you could turn on any conservative radio station at this very moment and hear almost verbatim what Adkisson was quoted as saying. To deny that the hate they spew day in and day out isn’t resonating with some, isn’t providing some with the justification to commit violence is as ridiculous as it is dangerous, in my opinion.

The First Amendment guarantees our right to free speech. But our courts have long held that that freedom is not absolute… that there are limitations. You cannot yell fire in the proverbial theater nor is it permissible to directly incite violence. Have some of these right-wing talking heads crossed that fine line between free speech and inciting violence? Bill O’Reilly referred to Dr. George Tiller as “the baby killer” and continually referred to his impending “judgment day.” The good Reverend Wiley Drake here in Southern California on Fox News radio broadcasts stated that he “prayed for Dr. Tiller’s death.” And Dr. Tiller winds up dead. Oh, and incidentally, Reverend Drake has now gone on-air saying that he is “praying for President Obama’s death” as well.

Personally, I think these right-wing talking heads enjoy stirring the pot, they enjoy throwing red meat to the nuts on the extreme right-wing fringe and then have the absolute gall to act shocked when something tragic happens... it's disgusting and I think it crosses the line from protected speech and goes right into a direct inciting of violence.

But I ask you folks... where do you come down on the issue? Is it protected speech? Or does it cross the line?

If the DHS report is right... and the early indications are that it is... and extreme right-wing violence is on the rise, I think the right-wing talking heads have as much to do with it as anything.

Oh yes... breathe in that sweet stink of Christian hypocrisy once again. It's hard enough to believe the rhetoric from the anti-choice crowd that their fight to abolish abortion is because "every life is sacred" when some of the same people you see protesting in front of Planned Parenthood clinics are some of the same people you see enthusiastically cheering on every single state-sanctioned execution... especially when you consider the hundreds that have been ultimately proven innocent as a result of DNA evidence. Might it not be reasonable to conclude that there are more innocent people sitting on death row? Why aren't those potentially innocent lives sacred and why aren't these good God-fearing folk fighting just as hard for them? The "every life is sacred" crap though, is even harder to swallow in the wake of the cold-blooded murder of Dr. George Tiller.

Just in case you haven't heard the story yet, a week ago today, whacked out Christian fanatic Scott Roeder entered the Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita where Dr. Tiller served as an usher and shot him in the head at point blank range, killing him instantly. Since 1975, Dr. Tiller has owned and operated Women's Health Care Services, a clinic in Wichita that provides abortions and is one of three clinics in the nation that provides late-term abortions... one of the reasons that Dr. Tiller has been targeted by groups like Randall Terry's "Operation Rescue" for many, many years and the reason Christian extremist groups are using to justify his execution.

To hear some of the right-wing pundits and Christian zealots talk about it, they make it seem as if Dr. Tiller provided late-term abortions just for kicks... like maybe he'd talk these women into third-trimester abortions because he thought it might be fun. What these people fail to talk about while spewing their hateful rhetoric however, is that fact that under Kansas law the abortion of a viable fetus (generally considered to be so midway through the second trimester) is illegal unless two independent doctors certify that continuing the pregnancy would cause the woman substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function. So though these whacked out zealots refuse to acknowledge it, Dr. Tiller only performed late-term abortions when the life of the mother was at stake... but apparently the life of the mother falls into that "exception category" of the "every life is sacred" mantra.

Randall Terry and "Operation Rescue" of course issued a quick statement denouncing the brutal murder of Dr. Tiller and doing their best to distance themselves from Scott Roeder. From the statement issued on their website:

We are shocked at this morning’s disturbing news that Mr. Tiller was gunned down. Operation Rescue has worked for years through peaceful, legal means, and through the proper channels to see him brought to justice. We denounce vigilantism and the cowardly act that took place this morning. We pray for Mr. Tiller’s family that they will find comfort and healing that can only be found in Jesus Christ.

That's all well and good but ooops! It appears that Scott Roeder had very direct ties to "Operation Rescue." After his arrest, police searched his vehicle and on the dashboard found a phone number belonging to Cheryl Sullenger, "Operation Rescue's" senior policy advisor. Ooops! Sullenger initially claimed that she didn't know Roeder from a hole in the ground saying that her number could easily be found online. Shortly after that statement however, Sullenger revised her initial statement, telling police that she would inform Roeder where Dr. Tiller would be at specific times.

She said:

"He would call and say, 'When does court start? When’s the next hearing?' I was polite enough to give him the information. I had no reason not to. Who knew? Who knew, you know what I mean?"

Actually Cheryl, I don't know what you mean. The simple fact that you're changing your story tells me that you're... ummmmmm... oh, what's the word I'm looking for here... oh yeah... LYING! Miss senior policy advisor Cheryl Sullenger is no stranger to violence herself... let's not overlook the fact that Ms. Sullenger was convicted and served time for conspiring to bomb abortion clinics in the San Diego area in 1988. So it's not like extremism and violence are a new or an entirely distasteful thing to Randall Terry and the good God-fearing Christian folk of "Operation Rescue."

It's even harder to believe the sincerity of the statement issued by "Operation Rescue" in light of Randall Terry's remarks comparing Dr. Tiller to a Nazi war criminal and saying that he was "a murderer that reaped what he sowed." Or how about Southern Baptist minister, radio host and former vice-presidential running mate of Alan Keyes, Wiley Drake who said, "I am glad that he is dead" and that it was "an answer to a prayer."

Now there's that love and compassion Christianity is soooooooo famous for.

I realize that not all Christian groups can or should be lumped in with the Randall Terry's and Pat Robertson's of the world. That would be doing a disservice to those folks who may stand in opposition to abortion but would never condone violence. And some Christian groups have issued strong denunciations of Dr. Tiller's murder. Not many, but some.

Everybody has their right to their opinion on abortion... Support it, oppose it, have no opinion on it at all. That's your right. But nobody has the right to take somebody's life because they hold an opinion different from your own. If "every life is sacred" then every single person on the anti-choice side of the abortion debate should be outraged and speaking out as loudly as they speak out against abortion itself. The fact that by and large, the Christian community has been silent about Dr. Tiller's cold-blooded execution not only puts their hypocrisy under a bright, shining spotlight but also gives tacit approval for the act of murder in the name of their ideology.