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Originally Posted by The_Dunedan
You're welcome to try it on me, if you like, Daswig. I oppose this war on moral, Constitutional, fiscal, and practical grounds, and I make no bones about it. I've got friends over there and one who just came back: I'll back them to the hilt, but the men who sent them over there in defiance of law are traitors, and I'll say that plain.
If you want me hung, do it yourself. Don't send some poor cop to do it; he's got a family to feed, and I gaurantee (sic) you that anyone who comes after me with the intent of silencing or disarming me will have a fight on their hands.
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The person who originally made that quote sent the military to carry out his policies. In one well-known case (google "Vallandigham"), a Congressman from Ohio was tried by military tribunal, stripped of his citizenship, and then deported.
If you choose to resist the lawful authorities in the execution of their duties, that's your business. My experience has been that those who loudly proclaim "they'll never take me alive!" are the ones who end up being taken into custody without a struggle once they're faced with the reality of their situation.