"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:31:58 -0500, the infamous Don Foreman
scrawled the following:

On Thu, 3 Sep 2009 20:47:28 -0600, Steve Ackman
wrote:



The fact that he can does not mean he should in some circumstances.
His right to free speech would not make his shouting of epithets at a
church picnic less offensive.

I think I already asked this, but what better venue
to make a political statement than a political rally?

Good point. My point is simply that this form of political statement
may have effect opposite from that intended. The incident certainly
has been noticed in places far removed from Arizona where such
behavior may indeed be unremarkable. But then, it's only a statement
if it's remarkable, right?

Don, the politicians have been doing whatever the f*ck they feel like
for decades now and the people are finally starting to stand up for
themselves and voice their anger. The act of carrying arms to a
political rally was one of the little cues they're using to alert the
politicians to this. Do you really think their statement went
unnoticed, or was misconstrued?

No, I don't think it was unnoticed, nor that it was misconstrued. Despite
all of the blatant sophistry and loony-tune logic that we're hearing to
defend the gun-toters, it's clear, as you say, that the idea is to
intimidate and threaten.

The threat isn't imminent; they probably know they'd be dead before they hit
the ground if they tried to exercise it. But it's clearly implied. You, for
example, seem to get it perfectly well.


I remembered "From the soapbox, to the ballot box, to the cartridge
box" but just found this. The open letter is _great_! Gotta read
deeper. http://fiveboxes.com . The site says "There are five boxes
to use in the defense of Liberty: The Soap Box, the Mail Box, the
Ballot Box, the Jury Box, and the Ammunition Box. Please use them in
that order."

....which demonstrates my point.

--
Ed Huntress