[tivodan1116]

Quote by: Milton Bradley They didn't appear to be there to arrest anybody, and they certainly didn't announce those intentions until their cover was blown.

Uhh... the video and the OP state that they were there in an attempt to take the Brown's into custody. That's "arrest", in case you don't have your dictionary in front of you.

Quote by: Milton Bradley Why were they in camoflage hiding on the property in the first place? Arrest them, or don't.

Because the Browns were holed up in a protective environment that was not conducive to taking them into custody without someone being harmed.

They were assessing the situation and closing a perimeter. It's textbook police apprehension tactics.

But no, no, they just had to go in with the guns blazing, demonstrating their strong arm protocols.

Laughable. Were the Browns taken into custody? Was anyone hurt? Whatever their "protocols", they worked perfectly towards the goal of taking these people into custody unharmed.

Quote by: Milton Bradley How about people who happen to agree with them, that the Supreme Court screwed up, and ruled incorrectly, granting the government too much power.

Yes, I suppose "those people" would support the Browns.











"Those people" are nuts.

Quote by: Milton Bradley Well, first the "established rules", and the "established authoriteis" have to be proven to be operating withing the bounds of the constitution. If not, they are not legitimate authorities, or rules, and need not be followed by citizens.

What about the tax code is illegitimate? The IRC is valid, legal, and mandatory, and frankly can be proven so with merely an elementary knowledge of statutes and cases.

Being as the constitutionality of the laws are what's being questioned in this case, my sympathies lie with those who are "innocent until proven guilty", and not the hired thugs with license to kill.

Really? So if I question the constitutionality of murder laws I can go on a killing spree and you'll be on my side? Great.

Questioning the Constitutionality of laws that are clearly Constitutional isn't heroic, it's just stupid.

By the way... it might behoove you to read the facts of the situation before you decide where your sympathies lie... The Browns were ALREADY PROVEN GUILTY when this standoff was occurring. But don't let facts get in the way of your sympathies.

Quote by: DadaOrwell2 Seems to me like a more appropriate way to deal with tax protesters like Elaine Brown would be deinal of service...rather than camo clad paramilitaries romping around the New Hampshire woods. If the Washington government is as valuable as some of you here seem to believe, then removing its services from individuals who don't pay in...should be deterrence enough.

Except that this is impossible, and if a person has an IQ above 4 they understand that. I'll grant the benefit of the doubt and say you were just being facetious here, and that you know better.