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<blockquote data-quote="roadrunner2012" data-source="post: 1072062" data-attributes="member: 40736"><p>You forgot the first sentence of the quote: "Even as it stands the Home Guard could only exist in a country where men feel themselves free."</p><p></p><p>Context matters. He was speaking about the Home Guard in Britain on the eve of WWII, when an invasion was thought to be imminent. Interesting sidenote, the NRA collected and sent rifles to the Home Guard. These weapons were collected and destroyed after the war, because they were no longer needed.</p><p></p><p>Orwell was not talking about arming citizens in peace time. Nice try, though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="roadrunner2012, post: 1072062, member: 40736"] You forgot the first sentence of the quote: "Even as it stands the Home Guard could only exist in a country where men feel themselves free." Context matters. He was speaking about the Home Guard in Britain on the eve of WWII, when an invasion was thought to be imminent. Interesting sidenote, the NRA collected and sent rifles to the Home Guard. These weapons were collected and destroyed after the war, because they were no longer needed. Orwell was not talking about arming citizens in peace time. Nice try, though. [/QUOTE]
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