Boston Bombing aftermath, any similarity to the Lincoln assassination aftermath?

[Jenny]

The Civil War has been so over-romanticized that most people forget how horrible it really was; I agree with Hanchett's concession. (Excellent quote, Mr. Richter!) Not sure how many people will agree with me.

Both the Boston Bombers and John Wilkes Booth chose to kill due to ideology... but their ideologies were extremely different. Although we do not know specifics, last I heard the bombers were extremists out to "punish America" for the wars overseas. John Wilkes Booth, in my opinion, genuinely thought he could help save or avenge the South, his country (his America as Kate said), in his crazy little head by shooting Lincoln, the commander in chief of the United States Armed Forces. Not to mention the world was a very different place in almost all respects when you consider how things were in the 19th century versus the 21st century, especially during the Civil War.

The way both parties went about killing and who was involved are also incomparable in my opinion. So I still see absolutely no comparison between the Lincoln assassination and the Boston Bombing other than superficial ones such as the body of the culprit not being buried right away.

Kate, you must have been very good in Debate Club!