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Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 17:05:06 -0700 From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net> Subject: Re: A Medal -- Or A Prison Cell?

Also, how did Gates and his sons know the car was in fact the suspect's car?

If it turns out that the Gates family merely set up their own roadblock and tried to stop a car matching the general description (e.g., "a late model white Ford sedan," which might well be the case for a police chase), then they were truly reckless.

As they weren't cops and the vehicles weren't police cars, why should a driver be fool enough to stop for some rednecks blocking the road?

(If this example is not clear, ask yourself if you would stop your car for some blacks in Miami who blocked the road with their vehicles....)

This is precisely why we don't want helpful do-gooders setting up their own road blocks and firing shots at cars that don't stop.

Since crypto-anarchy & free-market economic anarchy both do away with centralized authorities isn't this sort of behaviour what is *expected* of members of the community under these systems? Doesn't the fact that there is a clear and present danger to both person and community justify these sorts of actions? ____________________________________________________________________ | | | | | We built your fort. We will not have it used against us. | | | | John Wayne - Allegheny Uprising | | | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage@ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|