GoddessDustyGold
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Joined: 4/11/2004 From: Arizona Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: kdsub I read yours as well GoddessDustyGold and they are always thoughtful...I think we will just agree to disagree. But...A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.... Says nothing about protecting ones self from law inforcement..or as you say "against the governement and it's law enforcers themselves" The state refers to the government and the enforcers of that government. What is the militia defending against if not the loss of freedom to the governement and the enforcers? PS ...To have the police in certain neighborhoods knocking on doors under the guise of "making the streets safer" is another thing entirely. quote:
Why must it be a guise? For the moment I would posit that it is not necessarily a guise. Meaning that I can't be sure that someone somewhere has not thought this through and is introducing this "Safe Streets" program with an eye toward it being a first step in fulfilling a more dangerous agenda. But power does corrupt. Perhaps it is, at the moment, just an idea with no real long term agenda. But the very fact that the artticle refers to "seizing a very dangerous object" gives Me a clue to at least a subconscious agenda. We are more than aware that there are many in this country who are completely for gun control. The quote states that they are "seizing a very dangeorus object". I said..."today a request...tomorrow a power". Once this "request" becomes completely acceptable, then it is not hard to turn it into something else. Those in power may see and may use it as a precedent to force more "cooperation". No problem expanding the neighborhoods. After all, we want all the streets to be safe, don't we? Ya know...give them an inch and they'll take a yard. I tend to look at things at a very basic level. So I do not let one thing go because it might not affect Me personally, and then object when something else comes along that does or that I disagree with. I see the potential long terms consequences and I react to that. quote:
Yes I would like every person in this country to have an ID... and have stringent penalties for illegal forgeries. Why would you believe that there will be stringent penalties for a forged national ID card? We do not have stringent penalties for being in this country illegally...we do not have stringent penalties for hiring illegal aliens. Why would we have stringent penalties for this? Because I can guarantee you that if we did have a National ID, those that needed a forged one would be able to get it by the second day. So what precisely is the purpose of this National ID you are so gung ho for? Yes, we will have to agree to disagree! Well, My neighbors are having a huge party, and they are now blasting stripper music in their back yard, so I have to go peek over the fence, in case I a missing something really good! Yes, I am going to invade their privacy. But all for a good cause! My entertainment!
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Dusty They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety B Franklin Don't blame Me ~ I didn't vote for either of them The Hidden Kingdom
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