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To: Kevin Rose who wrote (261974)	6/7/2002 11:39:25 PM
From: bonnuss_in_austin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Yes, indeed. And much more since. My hope is that the media will save us. But we have to 'help them.' I don't know, though. They're bought and paid for ... so far ... themselves. Accept tyranny gladly... is the message. bia

To: Kevin Rose who wrote (261974)	6/8/2002 12:52:23 AM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

I don't understand how you can present an argument like this and still claim the right of the people to keep and bear arms means the right of the state to raise a militia. You are talking with two tongues, my friend. Not good. "how could that ever happen?" Well, it happens in stages, and usually involves fear leading to loss of freedoms and eventual justification/rationalization of such abuses. I hear more and more people say that the loss of freedom is the price of safety. But, isn't our system based on certain ABSOLUTE rights that cannot 'depend on the historical context'? Isn't the loss of those absolute, inalienable rights in fact an explicit violation of the Constitution?