On Friday 03 May 2002 23:53, you wrote: Normally I lurk but this time I have to Say a "" Well Said " along with a "Amen to that" .
"I Bend but I do not break to eventually spring back with much force " Unidentified French Underground Fighter. > There is a war going on to "deemphasize" the individualism and the > heroism that characterized times in our recent past. Some years ago, > for instance, a man (bystander) saw a young woman being victimized by a > bunch of gang members; probably on her way to being raped, injured, and > worse. He single handedly took on the scumballs, and IF memory serves I > believe he rescued the lady and ended up running the gang off, probably > saving her life. I can't remember if he actually killed any of those > criminals or not, but the gist of it was that the state ended up taking > the good samaritan to court because they stated that it was the job of > the police to protect the citizens and not he. > > Further.....the crime rate of any country has been shown to > statistically increase when the law abiding populace is disarmed, yet > still the liberals continue to slide laws in that push defensive weapons > out of the hands of the law abiding public. There's only one purpose > that this could serve, and a reasonable person must assume that the > instigators are aware of that purpose. > > See the book: "More Guns, Less Crime : Understanding Crime and > Gun-Control Laws (Studies in Law and Economics (Chicago, Ill.).)" by > John R., Jr. Lott > > In California, registration leads to confiscation. Even worse, in > Massachusets for example, if you are attacked in your own home by an > intruder, by law you cannot defend yourself; you are *required* to run > away. By state law. If you do defend yourself and injure the intruder > you risk ending up in jail yourself. My question is, how in the hell > did those laws get passed in front of the public eye? > > Fortunately in the state of North Carolina we are still allowed to kill > home intruders if we can convince a jury that we were in fear of our > lives (or those of our loved ones) at the time that the home intrusion > took place. Most everyone I know is armed for home defense and has > adequate defense measures in place accordingly. Other states have > better gun laws than this state (read: less restrictive on law abiding > tax paying citizens), such as Texas, Tennessee, and a few others I can't > remember. > > I sound like I'm ranting here, but as I intimated before, the tapestry > of this situation is quite large; and it all ties in together. I just > focus here on some of the more vital and important problems; such as > your recourse if a terrorist/criminal breaks into your family home and > puts your wife/kids in mortal danger. For those peeps in the US, if you > haven't already, I suggest that you take a careful look at your > local/state laws. > > The bottom line is that all this stuff ties in together at some > juncture. The liberal NEA, the teacher's union, the liberal gun control > laws, the liberal media that supports Palestine instead of the Israeli > democracy (CNN, the commie news network), the DMCA, the choke hold on > our information sources, the practice of being taught what to think > instead of how to think in our public schools, the erosion of public > ethical standards, and finally the lack of personal individual rights > that we are beginning to suffer at the hands of the RIAA, MicroShaft, > Senator Hollings of South Carolina, Hollywood and others. Our > individual rights and identities are being legistlated out of existence > via financial might and it happens to be a liberal movement. Bush has > nominated over 100 justices to the Supreme Court bench and the Democrats > have only let 50 or so of them through. This is kind of like me > pretending to hide while I slap your face, then I laugh about it in > front of you because I don't think you're smart enough to know I slapped > you. If that makes any sense. > > I will say this, though. From what I've been hearing lately, the Jewish > people that *were* democrats in the US have of late publicly revolted; > therefore they indeed have seen the light. This is a big deal for the > democrats, because of course the Jewish folk are by and large quite > affluent; that of course means a big dent in that "financial might" that > I spoke of earlier. Funny.....right after that word went up, either > today or yesterday the Dems stated openly their support of Israel > (wether by law or by speech I am not sure, i was out of town today), > thus at long suffering last giving the Israelis what is rightly theirs, > NAMELY a carte blanc to handle terrorists in their region AS THEY SEE > FIT. > > How does this apply to our computer rights? Well, for one thing it > shows that the voter power in our nation IS STILL INTACT. That means > that if we wanted to....I mean IF WE REALLY WANTED TO, we could easily > back the Electronic Frontier Foundation to the point that the DMCA and > the Consumer Broadband and Digital Television act would be nothing but a > set of bad bathroom memories. > > Like it says on the EFF's Alert page: "Democracy is not a spectator > sport. Freedom requires eternal vigilance and action." > > > Question : "What do you call 50 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean" ? > > Answer : " A brilliant start" Water Pollution (I say this in Jest and with LOL)
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