Can you remember where you were when you heard the American government had killed David Koresh?

I was in Manchester, England. I was very young and this news made me very angry.

Pretzel · 61-69, M

not really - it wasn't a watershed moment for me.

I do remember the official report cites koresh and others talking about putting more fuel on the fire.

and I remember thinking all he had to do was surrender.

still the event was mishandled horribly.

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

@Pretzel Janet Reno played right into his hands.

Pretzel · 61-69, M

@LordShadowfire yeah it's hard to be a martyr when you're sitting in prison on child rape and weapon charges/allegations.

SW-User

and I remember thinking all he had to do was surrender

Indeed, but people like that want to be martyrs, and they want to drag others down along with them in service to their delusion ... suicide-by-cop, but on a variously willing group activity scale with or without a vote

@Pretzel

WildBill25 · 26-30, M

The guy was a certified nut case! Someone should have let the air out of him long before!!

exexec · 61-69, C

I was at work

HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M

Why were you angry?

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HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M

@LordShadowfire Other than the fact he eas a cult leader accused of polygamy and child abuse i don't recall the specifics

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

@HoraceGreenley I was a teenager, and I remember the whole thing. Everyone in the compound was killed, and Janet Reno took a lot of heat.

HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M

@LordShadowfire Yes she did

Northwest · M

David Koresh committed suicide by cops. It would have been fine, but the pedophile took a lot of children with him.

Slade · 56-60, M

He just stopped smoking recently

SW-User

Not really, it wasn't like a 9/11 or JFK assassination-level moment

I didn't exactly have sympathy for a gun nut cult leader, only the abused children in his compound who were powerless to escape from the cult (you didn't mention them, just the cult leader ... seems odd you'd care more about the nutty cult leader)

While event may have been mishandled by the feds, the right wing extremist fringe bunker nuts always get these balls rolling in the first place

I was very young

Unless you are lying about your age here, you were at least 40 years old

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

I was in Oregon City, and I remember that a lot of people were very angry. They seemed to think this cult leader with a massive stash of guns wasn't dangerous, and I remember trying to figure out why.

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