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Subject:Re: Let's not let this happen again if we can
From:Susan Bernavich
Date:Wed, 30 Aug 2000 21:08:16 -0700

What?

John Brush wrote:

> >Dear List Members...it was with a saddened heart that I learned of
> >Kristens death.  I am a single woman that often travels alone...I tend to
> >agree with the post from //////Chris...it is imperative, that prudence
> >rules our decisions while traveling alone....it has long been generally
> >known that rest stops are not safe to stay in alone..
>
> It would be better if people were allowed to fend for themselves, and to
> defend themselves according to their rights, and to the dictate of their
> conscience, but since people are not even allowed to talk about it, I
> would not wait up for the situation to get any better. <sarcasm on>After
> all, its always better to get killed and then have someone call the cops,
> than it is to defend yourself. Let's give away all of our freedoms to the
> government and the criminals. That is where we are going, and the attitude
> that prevails here is not helping us one bit. <sarcasm off>
>
> I think the policy is the choice of the moderator, and so as I have said,
> I respect that, but the hostile attitude that  so many have for those who
> wish to defend themselves, and to excercise a right to do so, really
> stinks. A lot of folks have a lot of growing up to do before there is any
> chance of individual freedom returning any time soon.
>
> Look at the subject line. Its going to keep happening until people stand
> up for themselves. Surely no one thinks that passive resistance is going
> make criminals think twice. How pathetic is that?
>
> Regards from Utah,
>
> John
>
> **************************************************************************
> Little Child:
>     God; how come you didn't help those kids who
>     got shot in that school in Colorado?
> God:
>     I'm sorry little one, but I am not allowed in public schools.
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