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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?
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To: David R who wrote (43292)4/24/2000 9:46:00 PM
From: Exacctnt   of 74651
 
A parent's right to custody of their child is not negotiable. The "peaceful" protesters were holding a child against the wishes of his father. I do not care if they were praying or building bombs, what they were doing was against the law.

An important point to consider. If the Miami relatives broke the law, how come nobody was arrested at the scene? I mean, if nobody was arrested doesn't that mean that no law was broken or that no crime had been committed? If no law was broken, how can you justify black booted thugs smashing down your door and sticking a automatic weapon in your face, with an itchy finger on the trigger and willing to pull it if you make a wrong move? What would have happened if someone on the relatives side had decided to resist and fight for their beliefs? Would the government have been justified in blowing any resister away? Before this raid, did any government official walk unarmed up to the front door any ask for custody of the boy?

The use of brute force in a civil case was completely unjustified. A similar use of force didn't turn out so good at Waco. This time the Miami relatives were lucky, they didn't resist. It could have been real ugly. Imagine the administration spin if loss of life had occurred.
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