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Firewall, seriously, you're failing to consider the MOTIVATION and the MEANS as separate things. They are separate. You're suggesting that Kokesh's proposed actions are moral because they are motivated by a desire for a thing some consider good. That's another way of saying "the end justifies the means". Kokesh strikes me as
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Funny, last I read he had NOT communicated with the police. And they are NOT amused by this stunt. +1 gotlucky :)
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"there will be a majority that want to live in a State for a very long time, and it’s hard to get away from them" Is this supposed to have anything at all to do with us, on this forum???
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Firewall, the subject of this discussion is whether or not the demonstration is a stupid idea. It is not a discussion about the 2nd amendment as a concept or about its relationship to DC law. I agree 100% that citizens should be permitted to carry weapons, openly or otherwise, anywhere in this country. I disagree 100% that a goofy publicity stunt that
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They need to do this over at Medicare. The audits they hand out are costing taxpayers SO much money. My company is really suffering from the costs of responding to them. We have patients whose medical equipment hasn't been paid for in years, literally, and we're still patiently providing service and responding to level after level of review
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Firewall, you're framing this argument as if you think anyone who isn't FOR the man's scheme is AGAINST the Constitution, which is silly. Also, you might not find as many people on this forum as you think you will, who hold the Constitution in incredibly high regard. I don't have much respect for a leader who asks his followers to risk
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It's awfully weird to be a relative newcomer in a longstanding community, and to take a potshot (or a few) at an established member over a question of etiquette. What is, or is not, acceptable on this forum is definitely not up to Primetime, and at this point I'd think it was funny if some "Sponsored by LibertyHQ " banners showed up
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Seriously, it's just Primetime. Makin' friends in a hurry, he is.
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All I can say is to tell you how I approach this when someone asks me for a recommendation. I tell them to be VERY sure the degree they wind up paying for is the best way to get into the field of their choice. Also that there is a financial advantage in it. Take my field, for example. In Art History, the kinds of museum jobs I wanted definitely require
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Agreed, on all counts. All I'm saying is that the trend as to what is, or is not, socially acceptable has been fairly closely linked to economics all along.