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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 22:31:16 -0500 From: Anonymous <anon@anon.efga.org> Subject: Re: On War, Legends, and Crypto (fwd)

I was suggesting that when finding oneself in a conflict with LEOs, it is better to be in the position of a trainrobber hiding in a cave with a backdoor, rather than in the position of someone getting bombed in their house at Waco or Ruby Ridge.

True, but the Waco and Ruby Ridge incidents aren't equivalent. In neither case were the people involved committing aggregious crimes nor were they expecting to be attacked by massed forces. I suspect that implicit with the premeditated train robbery is the expectation of pursuit.

You are always better off if you can show your opponent the futility of his goal.

I don't remember the date, but.... During the American Civil War, Lincoln and his wife were having dinner with several other government and military persons. During the dinner a discussion arose about the best way to end the war. After much discussion and depracation of the South Lincoln spoke. The gist of his rebuttal was that the *best* way to win a war was to make the enemy your friend. ____________________________________________________________________ | | | When a man assumes a public trust, he should | | consider himself public property. | | | | Thomas Jefferson | | | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage@ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|