Now you're comparing Americans to savages.
--- Ed Leafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Feb 6, 2007, at 4:02 PM, john harvey wrote: > > > Their main job was anything but being military. > That was a > > secondary or even > > tertiary duty. They weren't just there to fight > foreign armies, but > > to be > > ready to fight tyranny, from within or without. > > Everything from that period that I've read drew a > distinct line > between militias and standing armies. Militias were > not used for wars > against other countries; they were used for domestic > problems. > > > I believe an armed society > > is a polite society. Currently, we have armed > thugs, armed cops and > > a few > > ordinary citizens. Get a gun or two or ten, learn > to use them and > > teach your > > kids! > > We have such an armed society to use as our model. > Guns are > plentiful in Iraq these days, and nearly everyone > has one or can get > one. Ah, yes, what a polite society! And if we ship > even more weapons > there, it will become an even more polite and > genteel place! > > -- Ed Leafe > -- http://leafe.com > -- http://dabodev.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, > are the opinions of the author, and do not > constitute legal or medical advice. This statement > is added to the messages for those lawyers who are > too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
