"16 countries, 39 major cities... spending extensive time in each. By extensive time, I mean longer than one month. An MBA certainly doesn't hurt education wise either. Have *you* got a fraction of this?
And yes, I applaud my government for protecting me from wacko's like this.
You seem to forget a few very simple things about the situation.
#1 All they had to do was comply and allow for an inspection. The ATF was not out there for a picnic.
I don't know how many times I have to repeat this... the ATF never served the warrant, they started firing first.
#2 If they were so worried about themselves... they should have left. Some of them did. The smart ones. I mean, it is not like this happened over lunch time. They had 51 days.... DUH!!!
Well after I just showed that your assertion that none of the people who left were arrested was wrong, you come up with this again.
#3 As far as the children who died. Our guys did not go in there to kill children. They did not go in there to kill anyone. If you look at the television tape, you will see that they were firing as they RETREATED. Sorry, some parents let their children go free. Other's did not. It was those parents and not our guys who are responsible for their deaths.
You're clueless on this...what television tape? What raid? Which day? When did you last look at the tape? If you dont feel like spending the time to read about this, go rent Waco: The Rules of Engagement, and then tell me what you think about your assertion.
#4 The capital murder charges were necessary because everyone at that point was a suspect. Sorry, can't let them just waltz away until everything is clear. Why do you think they were acquitted.
LOL, yet you said in the last post that they all walked away free, and that's why the rest of the Davidians should have come out.... give me a break...
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As far as me saying I did not like their lifestyle. I never said that. I said I disliked THEM. They had NO LIFESTYLE. Don't you get it? A lifestyle is the consequence of a series of choices you make. They did NOT have a choice. They had a dictatorship. And do not try to compare the scenario of our or another government going out and rounding people up to kill. Please. They did not round these people up. They went to their little compound. (so it's ok as long as they kill you at your house?)
This is amazing... this argument about whether they were living a 'lifestyle' or not... A lifestyle applies to the way anyone decides to live... what in the hell are you thinking here??? If they didn't have a choice, than some would not have left the compound...they did have a choice...but for reasons of them being frightened and religious reasons some decided not to leave...I don't think they thought they would be burned alive by their own government.
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I guess we have a fundamentally different look on this.... you believe that because these people did not comply with the demands of an agency that had already attacked them first, they deserved to die. I believe that this is America, where such things are not tolerated. You actually applaud the fact that the government burned these people because you consider them "dangerous wackos" and "dissidents."
I'm going to hold my tongue but your attitude fucking floors me on this...perhaps it will bite you in the ass (no pun intended) sometime in the future.