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Shawmutt said:
Registering a curio/relic is a far cry from what you were implying when you first stated it.
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I stand behind what I implied, and if you actually get off your can and do some looking, you can find that out for yourself.
There were several soldiers who brought back BAR's, Thompsons, Garands, etc.
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Zee said:
There are at least several methods that can be used - recall, impeachment, votes.
If you can't get people to band together and try any of these, how can you realistically expect them to rise up in armed revolt??
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Firstly, I am doing quite well in playing my part to awaken people to the unConstitutional actions of their government.
Secondly, and AGAIN, I am not trying to START, LEAD OR FOSTER an armed revolt. I pointed out how the development of an armed revolt wouldn't suprise me, nor would I necessarily decline participation.
My name is on several lists calling for impeachment for several elected representatives, as well as I protest and march whenever an opprotunity arises, and sometimes I start a protest.
I just recently did a protest on "stop-light" cameras here in Toledo, and marched in front of our local news station in downtown Toledo with some local supporters.
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Another Day said:
Their technology and weapons are just far too great for anythign the public can gather up.
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Simply not true.
As I have said repeatedly, training is what makes the difference.... unit cohesion and tactics. Weapons are only tools.
There is nothing available to the military that average people can't match, except explosives. Explosives can be made, and their not required to launch an effective guerilla campaign during a revolt in a nation such as ours.
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Another Day said:
The only hope would be for the soldiers to see that attacking the public would be wrong.
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Exactly, and there are many ex-military out there just like me, and more trained than I, who would refuse to committ such madness, and join the rebellion.
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Another Day said:
Unfortunatly, that is also unlikely because cops and soldiers are often the type of people who cling to authority and power in order to avoid being victimized by it themselves.
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That is becoming more and more of trend as the nations "political parties" attempt to further divide their base along narrower and narrower lines of seperation.
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Shawmutt said:
LOL if this is a corrupt government what does that mean for most of Africa and South America--hell, most of the world?
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That many are MORE corrupt. Point?
Are you saying since ours is less corrupt, less criminal in some cases, less treasonous, we should just bend over and take it? How absurd.
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Shawmutt said:
What would you call those governments? We need a nice uprising of "normal citizens", then we would find out what "corrupt" means.
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A lot of us know what "corrupt" means without using a "relative comparison" between nations that are worse off, with 1/100th the budget.