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To: ManyMoose who wrote (76625)	7/27/2008 7:13:11 AM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 543273

>>Civil disobedience has its place, but most of the time in our republic there are alternative ways to achieve one's objective, at the ballot box. As long as we have the ballot box and politicians who are responsive first to the constitution and then to the will of the people, I think civil disobedience is disruptive and for the most part objectionable. << MM - Well, I see we have located some common ground, but I can't agree about civil disobedience in general. The civil rights movement of the fifties and sixties required it, I think. By the way, you said something about how the NRA posts stories on their websites about people who have foiled crimes or defended themselves from criminals with their guns. Do they also publish stories about children who shoot themselves or their friends accidentally while playing with daddy's gun? A cousin of mine was hanging around in his open garage on a summer evening, with a few of his friends. An 11 year old kid from up the street had found his father's gun, and decided to take it out to play with it. He walked up to the group of kids in the garage, pointed the gun at them, and fired. My cousin, who was twelve, was killed instantly. The kid didn't mean to kill anyone, and later could not explain why he had done it. I'm guessing stories like that don't get onto the NRA website. - Allen