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Old 08-08-2012, 08:27 PM
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Yeah, that question was kind of vague. What percent of the people makes it ok for govt to fight it's own people.
That depends on the reason, right? And [hopefully] members of the military would recognize the oath they took to defend the Constitution and not to follow unlawful orders.
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A lot of people are nuts these days: Occupiers, Neocons, Ricksons...
What % do each of those comprise?
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What % do each of those comprise?
Occupiers: 99% remember?
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That depends on the reason, right? And [hopefully] members of the military would recognize the oath they took to defend the Constitution and not to follow unlawful orders.
Of course. I only mentioned one aspect of its vagueness.
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What % do each of those comprise?
Enough to have a tea party or blow up a building. Probably not enough to spark a revolution, given those don't ever seem to happen in democratic countries, where most people have jobs, and the three crazy teams I mentioned have strongly differing goals...guess we could ask the cia operative assigned to this thread?
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Enough to have a tea party or blow up a building. Probably not enough to spark a revolution, given those don't ever seem to happen in democratic countries, where most people have jobs, and the three crazy teams I mentioned have strongly differing goals...guess we could ask the cia operative assigned to this thread?
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