Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc From: [an 25970] at [anon.penet.fi] Subject: Another Interesting Cross-Post Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 22:25:29 UTC [Interesting cross-post about Linda Thompson, submitted without comment] =-=O=--=O=--=O=--=O=--=O=--=O=--=O=--=O=--=O=--=O=--=O=--=O=--=O=--=O=- ITo: talk.politics.guns IFrom: nobody ISubject: Re: "We Have a Leader" IRemailed-By: Mr. Nobody <[r--ai--r] at [rebma.mn.org]> > From: [Johann Opitz] at [smtp.esl.com] ("Johann Opitz") > The question now is: How do we pro-RKBAers *quickly* undo the harm > these *supposedly* pro-RKBAers do? "What if they gave a war and nobody came?" Remember, the energetic Ms. Thompson called for an identical militia confrontation in Waco, too. I can't remember anything coming of it. The doctrinal and legal errors in her "manifesto" are so pervasive that I doubt anyone will take her seriously, even the Statist media. But so what? I'm past the point of caring any more. The RTKBA camp is not going to win this contest peacefully. The sooner they get a few martyrs the better. The system doesn't work - Roberti probably threw the recall, the media colludes in spreading lies about firearms ownership, the truth is worthless and the Bill of Rights is already nothing more than asswipe. Both major parties have rolled over on the Second Amendment and RICO is being invoked against the Libertarians in Michigan. The Omnibus Crime Bill effectively outlaws dissent, or outlaws effective dissent. Almost certainly it will be used for the prosecution of legitimate pro-RTKBA organization almost immediately. Somebody posted a really cornball story from the Dillon "Blue Press" on some of the newsgroups the other day. It described a Statist America where the gun was outlawed and gunowners persecuted as enemies of the State, but all of the horrible "things to come" in this cautionary tale have already happened, at least on a small scale, with the sole exception of an abortive citizen revolt. Maybe Ms. Thompson thinks it's time for it to go down, who knows? Maybe she just has a Joan of Arc complex. I think she's out of her mind, but God bless her anyway. > The pro-RKBA organizations and supporters seem to be lacking a plan of > damage control. It's one thing for us to fight the lies, > mis-/dis-information, altruism/egalitarianism/humanism, and hidden > political agendas of the anti-RKBAers -- that can be done (with lots of > energy applied) with facts and sound reasoning/logic; it's another > thing for us to fight the damage inflicted by those that claim to be > our allies. Damage control? Face it, the RTKBA camp has lost that war and they're too cowardly to face up to it and start planning their next moves, whether this means expatriation or warfare. When the RTKBA camp works their asses off just to postpone their oppression a couple of months longer and calls it victory, they're obviously living in a fantasy world. Gun owners are being legally (and illegally) persecuted worse than any group since the enactment of Jim Crow laws. The media relentlessly cheerleads this witch hunt and politicians of both major parties are spraining their ankles trying to jump on the bandwagon. The anti "assault weapons" frenzy is transparently about establishing a precedent for banning all "non-sporting" firearms, most notably handguns, in the immediate aftermath. Watch and see. If anyone thinks that the ineffectual "War on Drugs" and "War on Crime" indicate that the "War on Guns" will pose no threat, they ought to realize that the Federal government is not threatened by street crime and drug abuse. Indeed, those "crises" serve the State in that both the very real problems and their hysterical inflation by the media serve to increase the Federal State's power through the surrendering of money and freedom by stampeded constituencies, vid. "The Omnibus Anti-Crime Bill," an absolute obscenity before God. I overheard a conversation the other day. One speaker was talking about the "boiled frog syndrome" in reference to the onslaught on our rights. "You throw a frog into boiling water and he'll jump out immediately, but if you put him into the pot when the water's cold and then heat it up gradually, he'll be cooked before he realizes it's too late to jump." This is certainly what seems to be happening with the RTKBA people. Maybe Linda Thompson is just trying to turn up the gas in time.G ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To find out more about the anon service, send mail to [h--p] at [anon.penet.fi.] Due to the double-blind, any mail replies to this message will be anonymized, and an anonymous id will be allocated automatically. You have been warned. Please report any problems, inappropriate use etc. to [a--m--n] at [anon.penet.fi.]