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In article <NEWTNews.30249.782703623.woolfson@woolfson.unicom.net|  Eric Woolfson <woolf@unicom.net|  writes:
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| |  From: alanw@farpoint.sps.mot.com (Alan R. Weiss)
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| |  OK, I'll say it.
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| |  That's exactly why I'd want to have one of those weapons.
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| |  Consider Waco, Texas and the massacre of 20 children by "our"
| |  government.
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|     Oh, puh-leeze.
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|     Not more of the "David Koresh as Martyr" stuff.
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|     If he had wanted to quit the compound, turn himself 
|    in, take on the goverment and WIN (a la Randy Weaver)
|    he could have. He already had one of the best lawyers 
|    in the country working for him. But Mr. Messiah prefered
|    to go out in blaze of glory and take everyone with him.
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|     If anything was the cause of those 20 deaths, it was
|    that ego.


So you say.  Fact is, Koresh was *used* to getting served
with Notices to Appear - the local sheriff did it on a number
of occassions.  It was only when the DEA decided to play
Keystone Cops did the Branch Davidians, an obviously nervous
and paranoid group, decide to fight back.  Whether Koresh
was a martyr is irrelevent.  Whether you believe in ANYTHING
the Branch Davidians do is irrevelent.  The government's actions
were to blame for the escalation.  Get it?


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| |  The fact that "our" government cannot protect its own citizens, and
| |  turns on its own citizens for political reasons, is reason enough
| |  to protect oneself.  Different people feel different levels
| |  of paranoia depending on which day they are asked, but NO ONE is
| |  no longer sure that the Government is so well run and so ethical
| |  and moral that Bad Surprises couldn't happen.
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|     What a great scenario - certified paranoids armed to the teeth
|    with military weapons, each with their own agendas and all 
|    believing they are above the law.


Read again:  our government cannot protect its own citizens.
Our government turns on its own citizens at its own whims, often
for political reasons having nothing to do with public weal
or safety.  The Law?  What do you know of Law, sir, since you
seem to be insisting the government obeys it, when in fact it
is plain they do not.


|     If only they would take on EACH OTHER. Let the KKK shoot it
|    out with the Aryan Nations while they face off with the Nation
|    of Islam.

Read the RICO act, please.


|    Sure would spice up the 10 o'clock news.............   
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|    EW

Doubtlessly reason enough, you seem to say, for murder and
mayhem .... puh-leeze yourself!

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