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*UPDATE* Crazed Environmentalist Holding Hostages

Early reports leaked today that a gunman is holding hostages at the Discovery Channel building in Silver Spring, a suburb of Washington, D.C. Authorities have now confirmed that the man is
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James Jay Lee, a longtime protester of the Discovery Channel. His website (it's heavily trafficked right now, so difficult to access) is a strange, rambling environmentlist screed that claims

The Discovery Channel produces a lot of shows about saving the planet that all have one thing in common: They don’t work. Why don’t they have REAL shows about SAVING THE PLANET? Have you ever noticed the crap they have on their network about just about everything else but that? They glorify fishermen who are overfishing the planet, they glorify Weapons of Mass Destruction. They highlight shows about people who build pollution machines and other environmentally harmful practices. What’s next? Whaling the Planet with Modern Whalers??? These guys have been very sneaky and deceptive as to their contribution to the planetary problems.
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UPDATE: Reports are leaking that the building has been fully evacuated and there are no employees being held hostage. UPDATE 2: A press conference was just held confirming that a small number of Discovery Channel employees are still inside. 

UPDATE 3: Maryland authorities have reported that the gunman has been shot.

Something important to keep in mind, as always: the fact that Lee was a crazy environmentalist in no way discredits any part of the environmentalist movement. Sometimes, a crazy person is just a crazy person.

You can take a look at a Google cache version of his page here. Hat tip: Stephen Gutowski

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