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From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: SLS: Civil Disobedience (fwd)
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>At 08:06 AM 5/23/97 EST, Roger Cravens wrote:
>>
>>As much as I despise the idea of blowing up a federal
>>building to make a point, McVeigh has very keen insight
>>into the exact problems facing the population of this
>>country.
>>
>>Until the entire Congress gets the idea that this
>>country has come almost full circle back to where
>>it began with a profoundly repressive and
>>arrogant government that is currently totally out
>>of control, these types of incidents will most likely
>>continue and the Feds (for the most part) will be
>>absolutely powerless to stop it.
>
>
>Up to this point, Roger, I concur 100%. Then you write the
>following:
>
>
>>The thing that has me amazed is that such civil
>>disobediance/terrorism took so long to surface.
>
>
>I think your meaning was "The thing that has me amazed is that
>such terrorism took so long to surface." I would also agree with
>that.
>
>What I take exception to is your combining civil disobedience with
>terrorism as if they were the same. This makes about as much
>sense as writing militia/terrorism, Christian activism/terrorism,
>or Girl Scouts/terrorism.
>
>Civil disobedience is when a group stands up and says "We will not
>comply with these unlawful, unconstitutional statutes which
>pretend to be laws. We intend to restore limited, Constitutional
>government through the means of not submitting to nor cooperating
>with unconstitutional statutes. Government terrorism will not
>sway us from our righteous course. There are far more patriotic
>citizens than there are government employees who are willing to
>attempt to enforce unconstitutional statutes. We will overcome
>government oppression and we will restore our beloved
>Constitutional Republic, so help us God!"
>
>This kind of non-violent, not passive, resistance to unlawful
>actions by government calls for extreme courage on the part of
>patriots. Civil disobedience calls for the kind of courage to
>stand unarmed and face a tank (as seen in China). This is what is
>required to stop the loss of our Liberty and the infringement of
>our Rights which are protected by the Constitution and should be
>protected by all government employees who honor their oath to
>support and defend our United States Constitution.
>
>Let us keep in mind that our goal is to restore limited,
>Constitutional government to our nation and our states. Let us
>hold up our United States Constitution (and state constitutions,
>as appropriate) as our authority to limit government and as the
>document which protects (not grants) our rights. Let us proclaim
>that it is our intention to restore limited, Constitutional
>government by non-violent means. We want to utilize the Ballot
>Box and the Jury Box and keep the Ammo Box in reserve. To utilize
>the ballot box we must stop the secret computer manipulation of
>voting totals and educate the public not to vote for career
>politicians who have repeatedly violated their oath to support and
>defend our constitutions. To utilize the Jury Box we must educate
>the public to become fully informed jurors (call 1-800-TEL-JURY).
>To have an Ammo Box to keep in reserve we must continue to form
>militia units, the more public the better (and the more public the
>more lawful - all governmental authority comes from the people and
>a militia unit formed by inviting the participation and the vote
>of all the people in a county is unquestionably lawful).
>
>For a shining example of non-violent (not passive) effort that
>changed a mighty government, look to India and the story of
>Gandhi. We draw our strength from God and most of us base our
>lives on our spiritual understandings. Let us remember that all
>people have the right to honor God in the manner they understand
>to be most appropriate. Let us also remember that Liberty means
>that some people will have the right to believe and to do things
>of which we do not approve. So long as no one infringes on the
>rights of another, we will just have to accept that people have
>the right to be different. Let us strive to keep our personal
>religions to ourselves and keep other divisive beliefs out of our
>efforts to restore limited, Constitutional government.
>
>We do not want freedom in our country. Freedom ends up with the
>stronger imposing their views on the weaker. We want Liberty in
>our country, which is personal freedom which stops just short of
>infringing on another's rights. We do not want democracy in our
>country. Democracy is two wolves and one sheep deciding what to
>eat for lunch. We want to fully restore our limited,
>democratically elected, Constitutional Republic. The rights of
>minorities are protected in our Constitutional Republic, unlike in
>a true democracy.
>
>Please do not confuse civil disobedience with terrorism. Civil
>disobedience is what patriots do. Terrorism is what
>unconstitutional government and some criminal radicals do.
>
>for Liberty,
>Bill Utterback
>
>
>butterb@connecti.com (backup: butterb597@aol.com)
>
>"It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from
>falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the
>Government from falling into error."
>U.S. Supreme Court in American Communications Association v. Douds,
>339 U.S. 382,442
>
>World's Smallest Political Quiz: http://www.self-gov.org/quiz.html
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>
>Fully Informed Jury Association: http://www.fija.org/
>http://www.primenet.com/~slack/fija/fija.html
>
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>
>Police Against the New World Order:
>http://www.police-against-nwo.com/index.htm
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