Submitted by History Guy (United States), Feb 19, 2006 at 04:29
because we can never have enough online vigilantism. Instead of having specials where they invite unsuspecting pedophiles to houses where they are interviewed and then arrested, MSNBC could do it for terrorists. Maybe we would get to see some gun play, blood, and they could compete with American Idol.
Seriously, this woman has done nothing but catch a mentally disturbed guy and some unemployable wanker. Do you think either of these people had the skill or the will to do anything? Yeah right, does anyone seriously think Al-Qaeda is going to recruit random goof balls off the internet?
Just wait until someone frames an old boyfriend or husband involved in a custody battle. Hell, I might try that now. It'd be a great April fools joke to put my buddies on the receiving end of a HRT raid.
Man, I wish we could hype a really cool terrorist group, like the Ustasha. They've done everything OBL has, but better.
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