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To: Pyro7480
The two couldn't be more different. The Kent State shootings were justified to preserve freedom. In Iran, the deaths were to prohibit freedom.
5 posted on 06/24/2009 7:45:30 AM PDT by MBB1984
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To: MBB1984

Yes, if it wasn’t for the shootings at Kent State, we might find our freedoms threatened by an over-reaching Federal government.


6 posted on 06/24/2009 7:50:56 AM PDT by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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To: MBB1984
"The two couldn't be more different. The Kent State shootings were justified to preserve freedom. In Iran, the deaths were to prohibit freedom."

You are out of your freaking mind! National Guard units firing on unarmed students is NEVER justified! There was no freedom in danger other than those students' rights to protest.

10 posted on 06/24/2009 8:08:33 AM PDT by TommyDale (Independent - I already left the GOP because they were too liberal)
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To: MBB1984

Oh, please.

Shooting those protesters at Kent State didn’t preserve anybody’s freedoms. The only freedom at stake was the freedom of assembly and free speech. It was a mistake and a tragedy and made martyrs out of the demonstrators.

It’s probably legit to compare the two events. Demonstrations, passion and tragedy on both counts.


11 posted on 06/24/2009 8:09:05 AM PDT by Jedidah ("Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana)
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