""Thanks for the additional details. Clearly, Watson was a nutcase.
And you are right, the piece by Suprynowicz is sloppy and deceptive.
Regards,
LH"""
I was glad to see you type this.
Those predisposed to hate gov't or any representative should be careful to gather the facts before jumping to assumptions or celebrating murder. Just as many here assign hidden motives to anything government there are those like the original author who have their own agenda. Gather the facts, step outside emotion, and see this for what it was..... inexcusable murder.
I don't agree with everything government does but I don't think killing a couple of civil servants over a sewage easement sends a message I want my son and daughter to follow.
If I purchased a piece of land with an existing easement (as the other linked story stated) I would expect intrusions on the property. If I disagree with that I should not have purchased the property in the first place.
Celebrating the death of these men as a blow for freedom (I believe others expressed this) does not represent America or what this nation stands for and it reflects very poorly on the poster and conservatives.
By the way, I believe the median income in this town was $19,000 a year so I think it's safe to say the sewer worker probably made less than 19K. When I worked for a municipality in the south I know our service workers made less than 19K.
Those who have better ideas in a democracy should not have to shoot people to promote them.
After telling me to not post to him any more, he came back later with that post. My Sunday was not a total waste.
"Those who have better ideas in a democracy should not have to shoot people to promote them."
Y'know, you may have inadvertently hit on a piece of the overall problem. Our form of government isn't supposed to be a Democracy but a Republic. Democracies usually become Socialistic because of the "greater good" idea.
Maybe if we had a real Republic and a Republican form of government, as is "promised" in the Constitution, fewer people would feel the need to shoot civil servants to make their point.