| More trappings of Empire. Do you think the Roman Emperors put up with protest? Why should Dubya have to? Just because he is the "Leader of the Free World?" We are lucky that public opinion would disapprove of eliminating protest altogether, or we wouldn't even get Free Speech Zones.
Question: would you be removed and/or arrested for unfurling a "Bush Sucks" banner after sitting on the bleachers?
"Arms in the hands of the citizens may be used at individual discretion for the defense of the country, the overthrow of tyranny or private self-defense." -- John Adams |