🚀 go-pugleaf

Thus Spake mshinn@osf1.gmu.edu (Michael T Shinn):

%John M Atkinson (jatkinso@ANTISPAMgmu.edu) wrote:
%: %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.
%
%Thats awfully myopic of you.  Regardless of my or your particulat fellings
%out these individuals personal religous or governmental opinions is no
%cause for hunting them down, demonizing them, surrounding them with tanks,
%and shooting and burning their children alive.

The fire started inside the compound.  And there were no 'tanks' present.  I
shouldn't have to explain the definition of tank to an infantry type.

%I agree that these groups held some peculiar, and in Koreshs case
%ridiculous, notions - but thats no reason to start seeing them as "enemies
%of the State".   Christ, we treat Serial Murders better in this country,
%but if you hole in a building and have some rather odd opinions suddenly
%that demonizes and makes it OK to treat you like an Animal?

I didn't say it was the ideal way of handling a situation.  Just that it comes
no where even remotely close to my criteria for justification for armed revolt.



John M. Atkinson
jatkinso@gmu.edu
"A nation which despises its soldiers will all too soon 
have a despicable army
                 --Jerry Pournelle