[ExI] My prediction

[spike at rainier66.com]

...> On Behalf Of Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat

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> Knives? Ben we have the second amendment. Why would we need knives?
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> Thanks for that comment however, for that is the reason we have a 
> second amendment.
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> spike


>...Ah yes, the famed Right to have Bare Arms.

>...I always wondered how that coexists with the requirement to have
firearms licences. Seems contradictory...

Ja.  The license requirements (in some states) only applies to concealed
carry, and in (I think) some areas, to open carry.  In all cases, the
requirement for a license does not apply to long guns, rather only ones
which can be concealed.

>...Your women theoretically have the right to have bare breasts, as well,
at least in many states. Doesn't do them much good, though when they want to
sunbathe topless in the park....

Ja, I don't know how that works.  But it might depend on what park.  But if
there are boobs hanging out, I wanna go there.

>...(Is there some issue with 'concealed arms' here? You just need a permit
for concealing your bare arms? Not sure. I hope it isn't the same with
breasts, though. Requiring a permit for concealed bare breasts just seems
daft to me. But what do I know?)

Hey cool, let's start a movement to require a permit for concealed boobs.

>...In any case, you already said that the authoritarians in the US have far
more arms than the non-authoritarians, so if it came to an arm-wrestling
match, or a civil war, the authoritarians would probably win....

I didn't say authoritarians have far more arms.  On the contrary.  If one
breaks it down by party, the best armed one is probably Libertarian, which
is anti-authoritarian.

>...If it came to a coup, I'd expect the same logic to apply. After the
initial slaughter (when surprise, not armament, is always be the decisive
factor)...

Citizens ignore the risk of that under great peril.  I urge Americans to arm
up, go to the local firing range, practice.

>...and the relevant people in government are all dead or equivalent, it
would be force of arms that keep the people in general from staging a
counter-coup. Authoritarians win....

Unless the authoritarians are the victims, ja.  In that case they lose.

>... Dictatorship ensues. The 'Free the Nipple' movement is outlawed, and
everybody loses.... Ben

Ben, there were protest movements where women showed up baring their assets.
They should do that more.  People will pay attention.  We still won't know
what their protest signs were about of course.  But at least we would pay
attention.  spike