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Outlaw85 -> RE: Gun Sales Up Since Obama Election Victory (11/13/2008 7:09:55 PM)
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You know you have a very good point in that too. I have considered this myself. If half the population were to suddenly, stop paying taxes, imagine how quickly the government would be brought to it's knees.
but in a worst case scenario then the government would try to intimidate the population through use of arms ala saddam husein or the blockading of boston harbor and the housing of soldiers in people's homes ala King George.
of course, those situations are likely as you said, not plausable in this day and age, and also like you said, the tradition of it is a key factor, it's a tradition that we are armed to make sure that it never happens again.
I will also argue that the southern states did have some legitimate complaints and justifications for seceeding from the united states in 1861.
Your post indicates a dramatic lack of knowledge of the history of the U.S.
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easy to say, why don't you back it up? I never made the statement that i've majored in US history,
No you have not. What you have done is post half truths and whole lies that you have heard someplace and were too lazy to actually check their validity.
but I wouldn't say I have a dramatic lack.
I would. I did and I will repeat it. You simply have no clue about the history of my country.
And I'd be obliged for you to actually make points and correct me other than egotistically say "I have a lack of knowledge of us history"
I charge for teaching school. But tell you what. How about you take each of the asinine statements in your post and go to google and do your own research. That way your post will contain facts and we can discuss reality and not the made for TV drivel that seems to fill your posts.
okay, you just proved you're a dick and nothing more. I didn't use half truths nor whole lies. And this is my country, and my family's been here since the 1600s.
so lets go back to what i said. starting with this
I will also argue that the southern states did have some legitimate complaints and justifications for seceeding from the united states in 1861.
that's a fact. and my family fought for the south, in fact I have their military service records.
but in a worst case scenario then the government would try to intimidate the population through use of arms ala saddam husein or the blockading of boston harbor and the housing of soldiers in people's homes ala King George.
blockading of boston harbor and the housing of soldiers in people's homes were punitive acts on massachusets colony due to the boston tea party. while that wasn't the refusal to pay a tax, it was a demonstration on the matter, and certian people were willing to pay for the tea. therefore that's fact
last time half the population stopped paying taxes, well the closest thing to it, was when the Southern states seceeded so that they wouldn't have to pay federal taxes on importing and exporting which were levied in such a way, seeing as they were the voting minority, that it was very economically unfavourable to them, in an attempt to force them to buy goods from the more inefficient and thus more expensive nothern states. it sparked the civil war. that's a fact.
so not only are you a dick, you're wrong.
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