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23003, briefly...
Posted by mke, Wed Aug-02-00 05:33 AM
Legitimacy: enforcement is a part of it, just not the only part. Plus, enforcement is split between police, judiciary and army.

>Militant/Military?
>Coincidence? no. As
>far as the word activist
>goes, I know plenty of
>these so-called activists that will
>jump shout and yell, but
>I bet when it comes
>time to actually fight for
>it, they become lil mice
>in the corner.

What do you mean by fight?

>And no, I don't mean punching
>politicians. I mean would
>you actually go to WAR
>for a cause?

I wouldn't, because wars imply armies.

>Will
>you be willing to give
>up your life for something?

What do soldiers give up their lives for, and how often is it really worth it?

> The number of people
>that won't is growing every
>single day. I mean,
>look how Clinton has absolutely
>destroyed the military here.
>This is probably the weakest
>the armed forces has been
>in a peacetime period.
>Just because the Cold War
>is gone doesn't mean we
>don't have enemies, guys.

Right now, what army is going to attack the US? Mainly, defense threats are believed to come from smaller groups (terrorists etc.). Which you don't fight with an army.

>
>>If those interests are to defend
>>freedoms, then the army will
>>try to do that. But
>>generally, killing a bunch of
>>people doesn't enhance anyone's freedoms.
>>Care to disagree?
>
>I do. Because if it
>wasn't for an organized army,
>this country would have never
>been born, you would still
>be in slavery, and the
>world would be Hitler's bitch.
> Bottom line.
>

If it weren't for organised armies, there wouldn't have been slavery and Hitler would just have been a sad little man.



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