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To: ClearCase_guy

Thats one hell of a prejudicial assumption you’re making that all the people on the government’s side are going to be useless, city-dwelling, dole claiming incompetents. Fact is, there will always be a sizable chunk of the population that will take the view that you are terrorists and traitors and thus side with the government. That’s how it worked out in the revolutionary war.
And by the way, during the American Civil War, there were plenty of US soldiers who were prepared to smite rebellious citizens fighting against a tyrannical federal government that was exceeding its remit and had introduced outrageous violations like the suspension of habeus corpus and conscription, which affected not just the south, but also the North. Particularly in New York City during the draft riots in 1863...


46 posted on 01/14/2009 5:29:05 AM PST by sinsofsolarempirefan
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To: sinsofsolarempirefan
Fact is, there will always be a sizable chunk of the population that will take the view that you are terrorists and traitors and thus side with the government. That’s how it worked out in the revolutionary war.

I forget -- how did that turn out? Did the ruling government beat the insurgents?

You Brits still don't get us, do you? All of your arguments are exceptionally weak and show that you don't know what you're talking about.

51 posted on 01/14/2009 5:36:25 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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