Re: Guns and Slaves

Joe E. Dees (joedees@bellsouth.net)
Fri, 28 May 1999 18:41:20 -0500

Date sent:      	Thu, 27 May 1999 22:18:46 -0500
From:           	Darin Sunley <umsunley@cc.umanitoba.ca>
To:             	extropians@extropy.com
Subject:        	Re: Guns and Slaves
Send reply to:  	extropians@extropy.com

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> Yeah. And concentration camps were illegal in the Weimar Republic, too.
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Getting sentimentally reminiscent on me? It won't happen here, because our government is built to prevent it (at least since Roosevelt). If we can kick Dick Nixon out, no one can stay beyond eight years, and the US is like a battleship; it turns slowly, so no one could throw the populace in camps before the honcho had to leave (besides, who would guard us all?). There's something called balance of powers here, too, involving an independent congress and Judiciary, I believe...
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> Darin Sunley
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