Since this has become terror-punks I guess I should throw my e$.02 into the fray. I have to agree with the entity that call himself snow that one of the reasons that you don't see so much civil induced terrorism in the US, (as oposed to terrorism the Feds do) is because there is so many channels for free speach here. This helps to vent and depresurize the situations. There is little need for organizations to underground, since most things can (or used to be) be better done out in the open. In fact you will attract less governement attention that way. Take Greedpiece (typo) GreenPeace for instance, they are able to perform thier forms of terrorism very overtly, same for Anti-Abortionists. Sometimes I am astounded by the lack common sense that government officials display. Bill Klinton and his media budies (Ted Copulate etc) are the best recruiters for Militia groups, After the OKC bombing, his accusations of Militia involvement pissed off so many middle of the roaders that memberships showed a marked increase. Thanks to Sen Fineswine, Semi-Auto purchases had a record year in California. (does she have stock in Norinco?) There is no conspiricy on the governements part, just plain stupidity.

Then why do you float ideas such as buying out the Soviet arsenal if you think it isn't possible?

actually I know of an individual who did just that: he bought out an DDR arsenal, and flew it into Ohio on a Soviet transport. Scared the shit out of the ATC working the airport that day. Result: large supply of Soviet SKS, Moisan-Naggant and AK's for gunshops, just in time for the Fineswine blue light special. he made big bucks.

however, we will probably see that again in parts of the world as many cultures do not have the basic respect for life we do. the first time you witness a small child begging for chocolate exploded by a remote control pressed by her father, you understand --you do not necessarily like it, it's just survival. and faced with a decision of giving up 'n' "friendlies" for 1000n, or even more, to survive, I know where I stood, and still stand

Yes it does have a way of changing the way you look at the world. I only wish the clowns in office who make the decisions that the grunts guarding the embassies should have empty mags, could see any of this shit. War does suck, and suck in a big way, and when your there, and I don't mean watching it on CNN, you ARE in a world of hurt.

if the U.S does adopt the police state tactics Bubba is espousing, the U.S. will be faced with _real_ terror, not staged incidents to justify the martial law, etc.

Roger that, an I for one don't want to see that war fought on US soil. This is the part that scares me the most. So my point is, the more the government inflates a non existant problem, the bigger the problem gets. The part that really bothers me is that too many times these are all diversion from important issues. The American people seem to be on a steady diet of OJ and CNN, when the war, the real war that will shape the future gets no media coverage. Things like education, and economic strategy are just not sexy enough for TV.

However, you will never be able to buy out the religious terrorists --they are on a "mission."

I was always taught They have nothing left to lose..make em happy and send em to Allah (or whatever) as quickly as you can.

There is no cure for the "revolutionary" terrorists .. If we do not even print their obit, there is no glory!

Tim, you are asking for the liberal media to act responsibly.. what were you thinking? speaking of liberal media, I have lost all creditibility with my Bostonian friends this week trying to tell em about the feature I saw in the San Jose TV news, where some animal expert actually suggested admininstrating tranquilizers to the family poodle in preparation for 4th of July festivities..something do with fireworks. OK maybe in Santa Cruz the animals (at least the ones downtown) are already on tranquilizers. But who wants a dog that can't deal with loud noises anyways, he'd be useless for huntin. But what do I know.. I just practice law Samoan style. Vinnie Moscaritolo ------------------ "friends come and friends go..but enemies accumulate." http://www.vmeng.com/vinnie/ Fingerprint: 4FA3298150E404F2782501876EA2146A