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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
you still consider the government as the granter of all your rights and priviledges. Thats too bad.
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The government grants nothing. It enforces the Constitution, which secures my inaliable rights.
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
The populace IS the militia. Just because you're not efficient with a firearm does NOT exclude you from qualifications as to the militia code. Also, as an american citizen, you should WANT to be proficient with firearms for any eventuality. By not doing so, you're denying your responsibility to the security of a free state.
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Okay, I'll admit that being unwilling to use firearms does not exclude me from being an active member in a rebelion. I'm very good at game theory, I can probably make bombs, and, again, people listen to me. Not only that, but I'm a pretty good martial atrist. That's all useless, of course, because I'm a pacifist. I cannot and will not fight because I understand that all this posturing and fighting and bullshit feeds itself. War begits war, and if no one is willing to say, "No", then it will continue and our posterity will have to deal with it. I'm not interested in handing war ideals down to my daughter's generation.
As for my responsibility to maintain a free state, I do a shitload. Again, I have a really big mouth. I'm like a politican without power or responsibility. A lot of people listen to me and take what I say very seriously. I'm vocal in my community, and I'm vocal internationaly. I'm one of those people that everyone likes (not because I'm fake, but because I'm as genuine as possible). Also, I'm humble. Heh. Seriously, though, Ghandi never used a weapon and he was one of the most important political figures of the past 100 years. I'm not equating myself with Ghandi, just following a good example.