[ExI] ring of truth

[Dylan Distasio]

OTOH, you may have noticed the only shops not being destroyed were
protected by owners asserting their 2nd amendment rights.

On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 8:23 PM Stathis Papaioannou via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> On Tue, 2 Jun 2020 at 09:28, spike jones via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> > *On Behalf Of *SR Ballard via extropy-chat
>> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] ring of truth
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>> I can agree John. And as the saying goes, “A rotten apple spoils the
>> whole bunch.”
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>> SR Ballard
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>> Hi SR, ja, so tragic.  The whole bunch refers to bad bananas (with a
>> greasy black peel.)  The rotten apple spoils the barrel.
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>> I saw something interesting today: the peaceful (and justified) police
>> brutality protestors grabbed an anarchist and handed him over to the police:
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>> https://twitter.com/i/status/1267240521052946432
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>> That one act did more to promote their cause than anything else they
>> could have done.  These protestors have a good point.  The anarchists and
>> looters do not.
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> The protestors, anarchists and looters don’t seem to have a lot of guns.
> From what you said before, the main purpose of citizens having guns is just
> such an occasion as this: so that they can resist when the authorities come
> to bend them to their will. What would the police and the army do if the
> protesters all had guns: leave them alone, or respond mire aggressively?
> It’s not a theoretical question, because the guns do exist somewhere, and
> it could be coming next.
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> Stathis Papaioannou
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