Nah the first half of the 21st century is very rough in the Star Trek universe. We’re right on track (not really, I think we’re fucked long term) but it sucks to be the ones to live through it.

If someone sent me a letter saying they were going to use a bathroom I would ignore it

This is rational, but the fascist pigs who passed and enforce that law are not.

Your sentence is phrased like they simply had to be there

That’s a very bizarre reading of my comment, which was not phrased in that way whatsoever. The commenter I was responding to seemed to think the cops were posted there routinely for the purposes of enforcing that law. I was correcting the misunderstanding by pointing out they were only there because she sent a letter beforehand. Obviously they didn’t “have” to be there, in the sense that they are individuals with free will who could have woken up that day and decided to stop being fascist pigs. But they didn’t, and expecting them to is going to lead to disappointment every time because if “don’t be a fascist pig” were in the cards for them, they wouldn’t be cops in the first place.

The cops were only there because she sent the letter telling them when and where she would be doing this. Also a 60 day sentence would not be served in prison, but the county jail (they are different).

Stop trying to make me like these assholes

One of the ELF’s most famous attacks was on an SUV dealership where they filled oil pans full of gasoline and put them under the SUVs. Not very different from this case.

If the main character isn’t the character I’m rooting for, then that doesn’t sound like an enjoyable movie.

Main character as the bad guy is very common and many great stories are told this way. If you can’t find a way to enjoy any of them then idk what to tell you, restrict your viewing habits to marvel movies I guess

Glad I could clear things up

This is false. The Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation Front did dozens of arsons and never harmed a single person.

Strange comment - there was no attempted murder here.

It was Molotovs not pipe bombs lol. Pretty clear she intended to burn it at night when no one was there

yew got a lie-sense for that boner?

I believe the theory is that Roosevelt sat down with the Business Plot crew in secret and gave them the option of a) they convince their business pals not to oppose the New Deal too much or b) they hang. Obviously they picked option a.

Completely evil.

FUCK NO. How many times do we have to rehash this bullshit?