Posted on 06/01/2003 5:11:38 AM PDT by backhoe
Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life...
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If you havent already, you should talk to Clive...JFK
As many of you know, I'm from Canada. We have a pretty different attitude to guns up here, and I must say that American gun culture has always kind of puzzled me. To me, one no more had a right to a gun than one did to a car.
Well, my mind has changed. Changed to the point where I see gun ownership as being a slightly qualified but universal global human right. A month ago in Yalta, Freedom & The Future, I wrote:
"Frankly, if "stopping... societies from becoming the homicidal hells Mr. Bush described in his Latvia speech" is our goal, I'm becoming more sympathetic to the Right to Bear Arms as a universal human right on par with freedom of speech and religion. U.S. Secretary of State Condi Rice's personal experience as a child in Birmingham [Alabama] adds an interesting dimension; I hope she talks about this abroad."
This week, I took the last step. You can thank Robert Mugabe, too, because it was his campaign to starve his political/tribal opponents and Pol-Pot style "ruralization" effort (200,000 left homeless recently in a population of 12.6 million) that finally convinced me. Here's the crux, the argument before which all other arguments pale into insignificance:
The Right to Bear Arms is the only reliable way to prevent genocide in the modern world.
And Zimbabwe is the poster child for that proposition. So let's start with what's going on:
Not only is Mugabe in the middle of a "ruralization" program with clear echoes of the Cambodian genocide, the Washington Post reports that the country's granaries are nearly empty. That means starvation.
"Unless there's food aid," you say.
No. It means starvation. Period. I give you The Daily Telegraph:
These aren't little groups of formerly religious people, these are legit fellowships of at least 25, made up of former nonbelievers and the like. I believe it's the biggest national revival on earth right now, in terms of percentage of the total population of the nation.
amazing
Thanks for adding the link- I'm always hungry for more info.
You should buy 'Megashift', that book they're selling on worldnet daily. It's very well documented, and absolutely full of resurrections, profound healings, miracles, etc. I just finished it yesterday.
Very cool.
Appreciate the info- thanks.
thanks for the recommendation!
This is how America would tackle Africa
'Don't judge Africa on Zim' -- Ok, let's forget about Mugabe, let's talk about Idi Amin, Bokassa, Mengitsu, Mobutu or almost any other "leader" in Africa. -- Africa's response to Mugabe defines the level of tyranny and thuggery that Africa is prepared to tolerate in its leaders. -- £220BN Stolen By Nigeria's Corrupt Rulers
Zimbabwe -- Cathy Buckle -- Diesel for destruction
Zimbabwe -- Rival war vets unite over raids
Zimbabwe -- Monday deadline in Marondera -- Marondera settlers ordered to vacate plots by Monday
Children die beneath Mugabe's bulldozers
Groups Call for Action Against Zimbabwe [thousands of poor Zimbabweans starve in the cold] -- Zim, hell. SCOTUS just said "you're next!"
Mugabe Pledges Building Plan, Scorns Western 'demonization'
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