Palm Springs Fertility Clinic Bomb

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The FBI is investigating the explosion at a California fertility clinic as an act of terrorism

The person believed responsible for an attack targeting a Southern California fertility clinic Saturday posted rambling online writings before an explosion that investigators are treating as an act of terrorism, according to a law enforcement official.

The suspect, who died in the explosion that tore through the clinic and rattled the upscale California city of Palm Springs, also attempted to record video or stream the attack, said the official, who was not authorized to discuss details of the attack and spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press.
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I'm a little surprised that nobody had posted here on this already. But at least there was just the one death this time around since they had no patients on Saturday.
 

fuzzybuddy said:
I had no idea what a "pro-Mortalist" is. Google says it's the belief that we're better off dead than living. And the bomber was an "anti-natalist", meaning having children is immoral.
What's scary is those people are out there.
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I live in Amish country. One of their beliefs is that the wife should begin procreating right after marriage. That’s very much the opposite of a antinatalist.
 
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Guy Edward Bartkus, 25, is accused of setting off the blast just before 11am Saturday at the American Reproductive Centers in Palm Springs inside a silver Ford Fusion sedan

The suspect believed to be responsible for detonating a car bomb outside of a California fertility clinic has been identified.

Guy Edward Bartkus, 25, is accused of setting off the blast just before 11am Saturday at the American Reproductive Centers in Palm Springs inside a silver Ford Fusion sedan, the FBI said.
Four others were injured from the blast but none of them are employees of the clinic, according to city officials.

In his writings, Bartkus allegedly said he was 'pro-mortalist', something he described as someone who intends to bring on their own death as soon as possible 'to prevent your future suffering, and, more importantly, the suffering your existence will cause to all the other sentient beings.'

He also recorded a 30-minute-long audio clip explaining why he 'decided to bomb an IVF building, or clinic.'

'I figured I would just make a recording explaining why I’ve decided to bomb an IVF building, or clinic. Basically, it just comes down to I’m angry that I exist and that, you know, nobody got my consent to bring me here,' he said.

Bartkus is the only person who died in the incident, which authorities are calling an 'intentional act of terrorism.'

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Bartkus also said he was 'angry' that IVF clinics exist, adding: 'These are people who are having kids after they’ve sat there and thought about it. How much more stupid can it get?'

'These are people who are having kids after they’ve sat there and thought about it. How much more stupid can it get?'
He is suspected of setting off a large vehicle-borne improvised explosive device outside of the clinic, which performs IVF treatments, egg collections and other procedures, according to its website.

Authorities found an AK-47 and an AR-Style rifle, as well as ammunition next to the burnt vehicle, the LA Times reported.

He allegedly tried to film the terror attack by setting up a tripod with a camera beforehand, but the filed failed to upload to his website, according to BNO News.

On Saturday, FBI officials raided his home and evacuated the neighborhood over fears it was a 'blast zone.'

Akil Davis, the assistant director in charge of the FBI's Los Angeles Field Office, said the agency was running the investigation, but did not specify if the raid was connected to the fatal explosion.

Following the powerful explosion, Davis confirmed it was a terror attack.
 
hollydolly said:
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In his writings, Bartkus allegedly said he was 'pro-mortalist', something he described as someone who intends to bring on their own death as soon as possible 'to prevent your future suffering, and, more importantly, the suffering your existence will cause to all the other sentient beings.'
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Maybe he needed to call M.A.I.D.
 
In one respect, it is sad this young man was so misguided and "lost" in life that he wanted to die at 25. But in another respect, it is so infuriating how people like him wishing to die always want to take someone with them.
 

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