re welcome to police state usa in article r tvhinnh s ctron news ctron com smith ctron com writes in article c rusq m m news cso uiuc edu azoghlin uxa cso uiuc edu very old freshman vof writes critisism is too easy what solutions do people have that would have been better than what the fbi had been doing for the last few months for starters they could have gone on waiting and negotiating the davidians weren t going anywhere and their supplies had to be limited large perhaps but limited if they had simply fired the compound by themselves without gov t tanks smashing down their walls then at least the gov t would not be guilty of having again used an inappropriate level of force and would have been able to use the meantime to continue to pressure and negotiate no they would not have looked good on the news in six months or a year but they sure as hell don t look very good now true today s boston globe interviewed a former unification church leader who is now a consultant on cults he said the fbi s approach was totally wrong he said they should have tried to break down the bd s loyalty to koresh through psychological means koresh s whole theology was based on an approaching confrontation with the forces of evil in the world and a seige mentality based on this the feds played into his hands perfectly by surrounding the compound with tanks and playing loud rock music and glaring lights at them they strongly reinforced koresh s message that the outside world was evil and threatening he said instead they should have set up a picnic atmosphere and acted inviting and friendly if they broadcast anything over pa systems it should have been loving relatives reflecting on pleasant events from the cult members childhoods the idea is to make the outside world and surrender seem like a pleasant desirable alternative interesting comments peter
