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Old 11-13-2008, 02:09 AM
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Originally Posted by azimuth View Post
You find yourself at odds with the founders of this country. They new tyranny first hand and they understood the need to defned freedom from central powers. Fortunately, their and your perspectives are antipodal.
Like I said it was a different time then and the government had no better weapons than the general population. It would have worked then. There's little chance it would work today. It's also a double-edged sword. What if the country became, say, extremely liberal on social issues and heavily armed and overthrew the government and forced gay marriage and a vegetarian diet on everyone. How would you like that? Personally I don't trust the general population any more than I trust the government.
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