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To: Dead Corpse
Not long ago a fellow Freeper gave me this quote from Atlas Shrugged. It is a haunting piece.

"Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with."

13 posted on 12/08/2012 7:47:08 AM PST by Dutch Boy
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To: Dutch Boy

Yep. I’ve posted that quote a few times myself.


14 posted on 12/08/2012 7:50:30 AM PST by Dead Corpse (I will not comply.)
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To: Dutch Boy

The Government can make any one of us an “overnight felon”.

Put a legal gun on the “assault weapon” list and if you don’t comply and register your once “legal” weapon, you become an Enemy of the State.

When I was a kid we used to say “First Registration, then Confiscation”. The Tyrants have it all figured out. They love Gun Control as much as Hitler did.


59 posted on 12/09/2012 10:27:00 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (As they say in China, erections have consequences...)
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