Originally Posted by The_Dunedan

No, this is a friendly warning, and I mean that in all seriousness. No reasonable person -wants- a civil war, in this or any nation or time. But certain actors are pushing perilously close to a cultural "tipping point" which risks igniting such a conflict whether I want it to or not.



How stupid do you take me for? Do you think that if I was planning such a thing I'd put it on the internet?! No, of course not. Being prepared for such an eventuality is something different. Just because I carry a fire-extinguisher in my car, do you think I -want- the thing to catch fire? Just because I put up "No Trespassing" signs, do you think I -want- to shoot poachers?

Secondarily, what is it about "democratically elected" that makes anything, let alone a gang of extortionist thugs, legitimate and worthy of authority? Democracy, the rule of the many and powerful over the few and powerless, took Socrates and gave us Robespierre in return. Thank you, no.