Comments on: In 1972 we had over nineteen hundred domestic bombings https://www.isegoria.net/2017/03/in-1972-we-had-over-nineteen-hundred-domestic-bombings/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sun, 31 May 2026 02:04:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Faze https://www.isegoria.net/2017/03/in-1972-we-had-over-nineteen-hundred-domestic-bombings/comment-page-1/#comment-2545300 Faze Mon, 20 Mar 2017 23:52:35 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41667#comment-2545300 Not to minimize the assholeness of the Weather Underground (I knew some of them personally), but the 1970s were very much like the 1920s when it comes to bombing. I’m reading old Time magazines from late in the decade, and they casually announce that there were 250 bombings one year in Chicago alone, most of them associated with labor violence.

It seems that before the days of Islamic terrorism, bombing didn’t seem like the threat it does now. I was reading a 1940s newspaper from my city and saw a small article about a bomb that destroyed a whole flower shop not far from where I now work. This bomb had been planted by a rival florist over some business dispute. It did not even make the front page.

]]> By: Ross https://www.isegoria.net/2017/03/in-1972-we-had-over-nineteen-hundred-domestic-bombings/comment-page-1/#comment-2545278 Ross Mon, 20 Mar 2017 12:12:42 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41667#comment-2545278 Don’t skip the links.

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