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Article #126Re: National Rifle Association (NRA) On Campus!
From: John M Atkinson
Date: Thu, 01 May 1997 00:00
Date: Thu, 01 May 1997 00:00
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Thus Spake klaatu <klaatu@clark.net>:
%> First you have to demonstrate that the Federal Government is violating the
%> Constitution.
%
%Ruby Ridge. Waco.
Something a little more obviously a long-term policy. Any one who thinks taking
down a handful of fanatics is just cause for revolt has mental problems.
%> Second you have to demonstrate that you have a prayer of winning.
%
%So let's see, you are baldly stating "citizen, you must cower and kiss
%ass because I have a bigger gun than you do?"
Civil war is the worst of all evils (if you doubt that, find your nearest Roman
history buff, and ask about the Year of Four Emperors). For me personally to go
along, I have to be sure there is a reasonable chance of achieving more than
simply violence with no results, other than a lot of dead bodies.
John M. Atkinson
jatkinso@gmu.edu
"A nation which despises its soldiers will all too soon
have a despicable army
--Jerry Pournelle
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb785,2d4d4eb316566ec6 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb785,public X-Google-Thread: 144807,2d4d4eb316566ec6 X-Google-Attributes: gid144807,public X-Google-Thread: 1044e7,2d4d4eb316566ec6 X-Google-Attributes: gid1044e7,public X-Google-Thread: 101049,2d4d4eb316566ec6 X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public From: jatkinso@ANTISPAMgmu.edu (John M Atkinson) Subject: Re: National Rifle Association (NRA) On Campus! Date: 1997/05/01 Message-ID: <33688238.2031726@news.gmu.edu> X-Deja-AN: 238729091 References: <5k2tak$1pa@portal.gmu.edu> <3364f95a.6699868@news.gmu.edu> <5k2ugf$mos@portal.gmu.edu> <336505d4.9894542@news.gmu.edu> <5k36a5$ks3@portal.gmu.edu> <33651f16.16361883@news.gmu.edu> <3365556A.7FEA5910@clark.net> <3365637e.33876749@news.gmu.edu> <5k7q7o$g9k@portal.gmu.edu> <33679508.25019758@news.gmu.edu> <33687934.70466D1E@clark.net> Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA Newsgroups: gmu.local,dc.general,va.general,talk.politics.guns