Wednesday, July 20, 2005

The Rudolph Misperception

Eric Rudolph is usually described as some sort of Christian terrorist. But check out this letter to his mother:

"Many good people continue to send me money and books. Most of them have, of course, an agenda; mostly born-again Christians looking to save my soul. I suppose the assumption is made that because I'm in here I must be a 'sinner' in need of salvation, and they would be glad to sell me a ticket to heaven, hawking this salvation like peanuts at a ballgame. I do appreciate their charity, but I could really do without the condescension. They have been so nice I would hate to break it to them that I really prefer Nietzsche to the Bible."

Uh, I think the whole Christian terrorist thing just flew out the window. I'd call him a Nietzsche terrorist.

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