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To: ClintonBeGone

>>You have the power as an ordinary citizen,

Two things.. I've tried citizens arrest before, and the problem is that the police have to be willing to take someone you arrest into custody.

Even in states, such as California, where it is illegal for an officer to refuse custody of someone being placed under citizens arrest, police routinely refuse to do so.

>> He failed to act on his power and you criticize - you fail to act on yours and you expect what?

Some famous guy (I forget his name) already tried to do this and was arrested. It won't work, and it's not the solution when the police are actively preventing one from making such an arrest. Jeb has an army, I don't.

>>Explain how you are not a hypocrite?

You need to think this through on a micro level -- not the macro as you are at the moment.


188 posted on 03/31/2005 8:28:21 AM PST by 1stFreedom (1)
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To: 1stFreedom
You need to think this through on a micro level -- not the macro as you are at the moment.

But your criticism of Jeb is on the macro level. . . why can't your own actions or lack of actions be subject to the same scrutiny? I agree a citizen's arrest would be challenging, but no more challenging and likely successful than Jeb using the national guard to rescue Terri.

195 posted on 03/31/2005 8:39:02 AM PST by ClintonBeGone (In politics, sometimes it's OK for even a Wolverine to root for a Buckeye win.)
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