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To be perfectly honest with you, no.

If they can do this sort of thing to one segment of the population, what's to prevent them from doing it to anyone?

IMO, if David Koresh hadn't been a pedophile

I don't believe that Koresh was a pedophile any more than I believe that the Branch Davidians had a meth lab or that they had illegal machine guns. This is simply the fedthugs throwing mud at their victims and hoping some of it sticks

skirt the law of the land

What law did Koresh (admittedly wierd) skirt? He was accused of all sorts of things, but what actually did he do except stand up to the federal jbts? By the way do you think that the Jews did the right thing by not "skirting the law" and not resisting when they were removed to death camps? And before you say that isn't at all analogous and that it can never happen here, think about Manzanas and Wounded Knee.

You all have valid points and I don't dispute that. (with the exception of NC Libertarian who's "thoughtful response" only reveals his impotence) However, I can't live my life thinking there is conspiracy around every corner. I don't have "blind" faith in the government, however it's all we have. I suspect most of you do also or you would not be living here. It's a big world and there are plenty of places to live. Yet we choose to stay here.

There is a necessity to stay vigilant and make sure our rights aren't violated. But we also have a right to protection from "the evil doers", and unfortunately I alone, nor you alone, can do that and sometimes, like it or not, you must rely on authority.

But I do thank you for this discussion. Most of you are much more informed than I on alot of these issues and I appreciate your responses. I look on this as an educational forum where I can receive information that I certainly won't get in the mainstream media.

Re: David Koresh, I don't even know how we got on that one, but true, we will probably never know the whole story.