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To: c.horn who wrote (354)	1/16/2000 4:57:00 AM
From: Anthony@Pacific	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 518

I do remember an event called the " Civil War " Didn't we aggress against our own ?? Then, I remember the Japanese detention camps, that were set up for no founded reason. I'm not sure that this Country is so free of guilt, It is the USA that instituted slavery in it's Legislature, then prohibited it without defining civil responsibility. Aren't we also the same Country that imposed an ARMS Embargo against Kosovo,,then we waged war to defend it, all the while preventing the Kosovars from defending themselves.. Cooky stuff...dude

To: c.horn who wrote (354)	1/16/2000 6:47:00 PM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 518

the fact remains that in our 224 years as a country the US Military has never fired on any of it's citizens. WWI vets who marched on Washington to get their overdue benefits were fired upon. I believe Captain Douglas MacArthur led the charge. That bugs me, otherwise he's one of my favorite generals. Students at Kent St. U in Ohio were killed by guardsmen in 1968. Waco and Ruby Ridge. Just off the top of my head. There's probably other instances.

To: c.horn who wrote (354)	1/16/2000 8:50:00 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 518

c.horn - what is the significance of the pyramid and all seeing eye on your $1 currency. Is it symbolic for something, and do you know if it was used in other forms before the war of 1812 with Canada? It reminds me of Masonic imagery. aj

To: c.horn who wrote (354)	1/17/2000 9:46:00 PM
From: 8bits	Respond to of 518

<<Although it's been depicted in movies many times the fact remains that in our 224 years as a country the US Military has never fired on any of it's citizens. >> How about US Military actions against Native Americans in the 19th century. (I guess one could argue in many instances Native Americans were not yet US citizens) Regular Army troops were called out in many instances in the 19th and early 20th centuries to suppress strikes. Often resulting in injury and occasionally death. Regular Army troops led by McArthur were used to disperse US Veterans of WWI protesting in Washington DC in 1931. 4 people died. Suppresion of Civil disorder, labor strife, etc. in recent history has been delegated in our country to various, well equipped and well staffed law enforcement agencies so the US Army has had no occasion to get involved. I would agree that Use/Misuse of the US Army against it's own citizens in the past century does not begin to approach the atrocities committed by the troops of various communist regimes, Nazi Germany, various Latin American countries and African states against their own citizens.