CDR: Re: McVeigh, Freedom Fighter or Kook?

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Ray said:

> Mcveigh, as he is, is just a random crazy.  But if, say, one 
> out of ten American Citizens or so had looked up from the news 
> story and gone, "It's about time somebody started fighting those 
> bastards" then he'd have a constituency to whom he could be a 
> freedom fighter.  And also a nonzero chance of causing real 
> change.   

    And just what is it that makes you think that "one out of ten" 
didn't secretly cheer that news? Or maybe more? And even if it were
only "one out a thousand", isn't that a significant number? Even in
the First American Revolution, not that many actually took up arms.
Many were totally against it, and fought for the Brits. If one in
a thousand took up arms today against the fedz, wouldn't that out-
number the US military?