"Gunner" wrote in message
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On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 09:26:15 -0500, "Peter Reilley"
wrote:


"Gunner" wrote in message
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On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 03:36:56 -0500, Gary Coffman
wrote:

On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 04:19:10 GMT, Gunner
wrote:
If you dont have any solutions..then you are part of the problem.

Well, here are some modest suggestions.

Really seriously crack down on weapons possession by anyone in the
US except authorized federal agents. A weapon will be defined as
anything any federal agent deems to be a weapon, or looks like a
weapon. Violators will be summarily executed.

No travel more than a quarter mile from your registered residence will
be allowed without a permit. *Everyone* must be required to show their
identity papers and travel permits at Homeland Security checkpoints
located throughout our cities, and at security barriers erected
anywhere
else. Failure to show proper documentation to HS troopers is grounds
for summary execution.

Strip and lock all passengers in their seats on commercial aircraft,
trains, and buses. (Private vehicles must be banned completely.)

Detain and strip search anyone coming within a quarter mile of a
federal building, school (its for the children), or other possible
terrorist target on foot.

Private homes can be searched at any time for any reason at the
government's discretion.

Telephone and data communications can be monitored at any time
for any reason, and the parties to the communications do not have
to be notified that they're being monitored.

If anyone looks Arabic, shoot missiles at him, his wife, his children,
his grandchildren, and anyone else who happens to be passing on
the street. Dynamite his home.

Etc.

What? You don't like those ideas? Then you're part of the problem,
and can be summarily executed for voicing such subversive thoughts.

Gary

Ok, we have one vote for a police state.

Next suggestion?

Gunner

"Guns aren't toys. They're for family protection, hunting dangerous or
delicious animals, and keeping the King of England out of your face."

-- Krusty the Clown, "The Simpsons"

The reason that Gunner gave his vote for your plan is that in the typical
police states it is the "Gunners" of the society that are the police and
they
are the only ones that have the guns. Thus, Gunner would be quite happy
with the situation that you describe. He would have job security and
lots of guns.

Pete.

****sst...Pete..I didnt give my vote..I tallied his. Do try to keep
up, ok?


Since he was being sarcastic, no one would assume that he would vote for it.
I tallied your vote because you express similar views. Was I wrong? ;-)


And your suggestion is?

Gunner

My suggestion is to cut the terrorists off at their knees, deprive them of
their
motivation, remove the cause that they fight for. The terrorists are
winning
their war against us because they have caused us to attack those things
that we Americans hold most dear; our freedoms.

If we stop propping up all the various monarchs, dictators, and the one
racist regime,
the Arabs won't hate us. It will be their job to overthrow those
governments. They
will no longer blame us for their problems because we will not longer be the
cause
of their problems.

See how simple it was? As a bonus, that approach is compatible with
American
values. The ideals that we used to say that we stood for. People in the
rest of the
world will admire us again. We will stand for something other than big
bombs.
We will no longer be the bad guy.

Unfortunately from your point of view, none of this involves us shooting
people or
bombing them into the stone age. Sorry Gunner.

Pete.