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To: TSgt
Why do the New York PD need to be outfitted like they are in Afghanistan?

History repeats.

Our revolutionary era commissioners in Europe, among them John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John Jay, were astounded at the grinding poverty of the masses and the wealth of the nobles. That the princes feared the peasants was evident by their heavily armed security entourages. Government buildings were also stoutly defended by muskets with bayonets fixed.

They were relieved that in our fledgling republics, where the people were sovereign, and government was servant and not master, the specter of standing armies to protect the government was an irrelevant impossibility.

In the 1970s I saw much the same in various Navy liberty ports in Europe; soldiers always posted at various points throughout the cities. I thanked God that would never happen in America.

Now, in my tiny county in north Florida, (population 15,000) I must go through a metal detector manned by an armed deputy to enter the courthouse. To enter the county commissioners meeting room within the courthouse, I must do the same; empty pockets and submit to a search.

I refuse to fly on an airline for the same reason I will not again enter my county courthouse; I am not a criminal, I am not dangerous and refuse to conduct myself as if I were.

I don't think the ruling class understands they are fast losing all legitimacy. When that happens, order can only be maintained by pure force, and not reason.

They will never take my guns.

30 posted on 01/18/2013 1:07:33 PM PST by Jacquerie ("How few were left who had seen the republic!" - Tacitus, The Annals)
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To: Jacquerie

Ah, but you don’t understand — all those security measures are for YOUR protection because of the many terrorists around.

You do remember 9/11/2001, don’t you with all them airplanes colliding with all them buildings?

Now do you remember what “religion” all of the terrorists practiced — every one of them? Don’t tell me, let me guess.

Since then we have imported millions of these religionists and more are coming in every day and your life is now in much more danger than what it was 30 years ago.

Do you now understand why there are so many people running around in body armor carrying assault rifles? It is all for your own good. But why continue importing these religionists, you’ll ask.

That’s the Catch 22.


33 posted on 01/18/2013 1:45:02 PM PST by 353FMG ( I refuse to specify whether I am serious or sarcastic -- I respect FReepers too much.)
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To: Jacquerie

I don’t think the ruling class understands they are fast losing all legitimacy. When that happens, order can only be maintained by pure force, and not reason.


The ruling class also forgets we know where they live or can be found.

If I remember my history, subject population when deprived of the same sort of weapons that the ruling class and their “men-at-arms” used came up with ingenious alternatives.

China and Japan, Korea and many of the other Asiatic nations developed unarmed combat regimens. Some even learned how to adapt common farming implements into amazing weapons.

My point here is that once they set foot on the road to tyranny and set themselves above the people they were elected to serve then all bets are off. They obviously have thought about this for some time now and now they intend to act.

How the people reacts should be totally unconventional and asymmetric in turn. Another Freeper has talked of a Militia of one. It’s a good idea to me. One can keep a secret, two have a difficult time doing so.


35 posted on 01/18/2013 2:00:45 PM PST by The Working Man
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To: Jacquerie

Not losing...lost legitimacy. Otherwise right on target.


77 posted on 01/22/2013 3:45:11 AM PST by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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