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<blockquote data-quote="SeniorGeek" data-source="post: 214235" data-attributes="member: 4823"><p>I previously found another article about this same issue...</p><p><a href="http://www.browncafe.com/community/threads/bush-to-be-dictator.82543/" target="_blank">http://www.browncafe.com/community/threads/bush-to-be-dictator.82543/</a> which points to an article at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080711180839/http://www.roguegovernment.com/news.php?id=2169" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20080711180839/http://www.roguegovernment.com/news.php?id=2169</a> (I especially like the photograph. A caption idea: "Ask not what you can do for Government, ask what the Government will do to you.")</p><p></p><p> How far "out there"? What were the repercussions for confiscating guns in New Orleans - who got fined, jailed, etc. for violating rights? It sounds like a test run for the next time. You don't see it happening anytime soon - but hasn't it already happened a little bit? You think that the American people wouldn't fall for it - haven't we already allowed the camel's nose into the tent?</p><p></p><p>A dictatorship doesn't have to start with a blatant coup. (Many dictatorships hold elections, and others say that dictatorship is only a temporary expedient. Even Idi Amin promised a return to democracy once things stabilized....)</p><p></p><p>The 2nd Amendment no longer serves its original purpose - but today, the American people would not allow it to. It was intended to allow the populace to be as well-equipped as a regular army, so no military could be used against the people.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The word "edge" makes it sound as if there is a point that would be defined and obvious - but that point is different for each of us.</p><p></p><p>We may already be the simmering frog. Any uprising would be squelched, the story framed as a bunch of militant crazies - a new reason to increase security...and who isn't willing to trade off a bit more of their freedom in exchange for that security? People could become reluctant to speak out against repression, especially if it might be seen as treason - punishable by death.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SeniorGeek, post: 214235, member: 4823"] I previously found another article about this same issue... [url]http://www.browncafe.com/community/threads/bush-to-be-dictator.82543/[/url] which points to an article at [url]https://web.archive.org/web/20080711180839/http://www.roguegovernment.com/news.php?id=2169[/url] (I especially like the photograph. A caption idea: "Ask not what you can do for Government, ask what the Government will do to you.") How far "out there"? What were the repercussions for confiscating guns in New Orleans - who got fined, jailed, etc. for violating rights? It sounds like a test run for the next time. You don't see it happening anytime soon - but hasn't it already happened a little bit? You think that the American people wouldn't fall for it - haven't we already allowed the camel's nose into the tent? A dictatorship doesn't have to start with a blatant coup. (Many dictatorships hold elections, and others say that dictatorship is only a temporary expedient. Even Idi Amin promised a return to democracy once things stabilized....) The 2nd Amendment no longer serves its original purpose - but today, the American people would not allow it to. It was intended to allow the populace to be as well-equipped as a regular army, so no military could be used against the people. The word "edge" makes it sound as if there is a point that would be defined and obvious - but that point is different for each of us. We may already be the simmering frog. Any uprising would be squelched, the story framed as a bunch of militant crazies - a new reason to increase security...and who isn't willing to trade off a bit more of their freedom in exchange for that security? People could become reluctant to speak out against repression, especially if it might be seen as treason - punishable by death. [/QUOTE]
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