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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 14:21:15 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz writes:
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> > 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.
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> 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.
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> Dave!
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
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| (...) Ugh! Don't even start me on that ridiculous cash cow! I foresee, shortly after the implementation of this fine umbrella, someone boating up the Potomac with a suitcase bomb or a big tank full of anthrax. I think a real distinction can be (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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