The One and Only ShadorVIII wrote:
LockeColeMA wrote:
The One and Only ShadorVIII wrote:
At what point do you feel that it would be justified to take more, say, forceful action to defend yourself and your family?
Obviously when federal census folks come asking innocent questions.
Damn, but you people love to take things out of context. I shouldn't be surprised, I guess. Hell, you do it to Rush and others all the damn time. I CLEARLY said:
The One and Only Shador VIII wrote:
Obviously, killing unarmed and hapless census workers is not the way to go.
I really wish I still had that free premium, because the eyeroll smiley is so appropriate here!
Also, cue the call for "What you mean, YOU PEOPLE"?
I suppose the obvious answer is that if you have an issue with it you should be using political power to change it. Apparently, judging from comments of yours like
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if it is even announced. Things like that may go under the radar or be tacked on to some other bill to be approved without being noticed. Also, what if, despite opposition, it passes.
you think that your legislators are incompetent or don't care for the interests of their citizens; and also that the government is secretly passing these sneaky laws to imprison Americans. Well, the problem is obviously your representatives. You should either be running for office yourself, or making sure "good" reps get in who do care. If you political party (and I don't care which party you support) doesn't care about it, then you're probably voting for the wrong people. Or maybe, just maybe, there's actually no real issue here besides paranoia.
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I suspect that, right after 9/11, a lot of people would have supported rounding up all Muslims into similar camps. So what then if such a law were passed against some group or other?
And yet, no law like that was passed, and even discrimination at airports is fought with lawsuits. Heck, our society is so PC that ANY potential infringement on minorities can elicit a huge outcry. So... history didn't repeat itself. Sure, it could, but with the availability of information a public outcry is a lot more likely, news coverage more probable, and large-scale over discrimination on a governmental basis nigh-impossible.
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How to fight interment then? Work to repel the law? That takes time. In the meantime, the police/army are coming.
Yup, sounds like basic paranoia. You work yourself up into a frenzy over something that isn't happening, and then when someone gets killed, you say "Yeah, that was bad, but look, there was a reason people were worried!" If something like this happens, what WOULD you do? You're asking the questions. If the army came to round you up because of your race, I'm guessing you would willingly submit. I mean, assuming Rush said so.