[MD] blackwater

[Lord Arioch]

"No one ever won a war by dying for their country, they won it by making the other poor bastard
die for his"
-General George Patton




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From: Platt Holden <plattholden at gmail.com>
To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 12:02:23 PM
Subject: Re: [MD] blackwater

> Arlo asked,
> > [Arlo]
> > Do you really think a pack of hunters and handgun owners are going to
> do
> > anything but annoy an encroaching army armed with today's military
> weapons? Do
> > you really think if the US Army turned "evil" and was used against
> American
> > citizens, hunters and handgun owners would hold them off?
> > Do you really think that if China invades America....?

[Ian] 
> Of course I don't. That was my point .... when the constitution was
> drawn up it was a reasonable precaution ... a right worth defending.
> Like everything (as in everything) rights evolve and need
> re-interpretation ...
> 
> If we had a tyrannical government to deal with ... we'd need to think
> about how to deal with it ... the right to deal with it (using
> necessary force) is the constitutional point. Worth using our brains
> too.

"I'll give you my gun when you take it from my cold, dead hands."
-- Charlton Heston

Platt

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