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Ipecac · June 9, 1999, 12:12 AM

Dennis, well done. Well done indeed. You make me almost embarassed to post anything further.

cr: are they planning new Treblinkas? No, I doubt that. Who in Germany in 1933 said, "Within ten years our government will undertake to eradicate the Jews, and other undesirables, from the Earth." Not many, I imagine.

Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Imagine a future in which all the "civilians" are disarmed, yet the governments are well armed. Now tell me with complete conviction that you believe no government will ever take advantage of that situation.

"He who goes unarmed in Paradise had better be sure that that is where he is." Thurber

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"All I ask is equal freedom. When it is denied, as it always is, I take it anyhow."

June 9, 1999, 12:12 AM	#7
Ipecac Senior Member Join Date: March 25, 1999 Posts: 440	Dennis, well done. Well done indeed. You make me almost embarassed to post anything further. cr: are they planning new Treblinkas? No, I doubt that. Who in Germany in 1933 said, "Within ten years our government will undertake to eradicate the Jews, and other undesirables, from the Earth." Not many, I imagine. Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Imagine a future in which all the "civilians" are disarmed, yet the governments are well armed. Now tell me with complete conviction that you believe no government will ever take advantage of that situation. "He who goes unarmed in Paradise had better be sure that that is where he is." Thurber ------------------ "All I ask is equal freedom. When it is denied, as it always is, I take it anyhow."