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Re: A question of remembrance...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 7 May 2001 13:44:45 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz writes:
> Unfortunately, those who gain power by being in
> control of a centralized military have convinced most of the US to
> accept that a "professional" military (and police) is necessary, and
> that common citizens can't be trusted with weapons.
I know many people who shouldn't be trusted with weapons, and most of them
aren't police. However, you've hit on an important point, regarding both
the necessity of a professional military and the difficulty of reducing it.
No one with a stake in national sovereignty (ie: everyone) wants to disband
the standing protective force against external incursions. No one, in
short, wants to be the first to throw down his military, because there's no
way to ensure that one's opponent won't immediately take advantage.
Dave!
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| (...) The people who least want to see a reduction in the military are those who make the weapons. Take a look how much the companies who will work on Son of Star Wars gave Dubya for his election. Scott A (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Oh, now thats a solution. By that generalization, I belive almost NO ONE in the world has any right to live where they live. I doubt ANY population in the world can be documented to be living on land they didn't take from someone else (and in (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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