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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Clark via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] > Taiwan is standing strong<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 2:14 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmail-m-6757191136714531269gmaildefault><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>></span></i></span><span class=gmaildefault><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>>></span></i></span><span class=gmail-m-6757191136714531269gmaildefault><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></i></span><i>POTUS does not have any authority on the date of the November election. </i><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmaildefault><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3C4043'>>> </span></span><span class=gmail-m-6757191136714531269gmaildefault><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3C4043'>To paraphrase </span></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3C4043'>Mao Zedong<span class=gmail-m-6757191136714531269gmaildefault>, authority comes from the barrel of a gun. And before you ask the answer is no, I am not a fan of </span>Mao Zedong</span><span class=gmail-m-6757191136714531269gmaildefault><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>…</span></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> John K Clark</span><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span class=gmaildefault><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>> </span></i></span><i>And that my international friends is why the USA has a second amendment. The system was set up so that US citizens can protect ourselves from our own government if necessary,</i><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>>…I think that's a bogus argument for the second amendment, a bunch of silly rednecks with their little hunting rifles would be comically outmatched by what the Commander In Chief would have on his side…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>The militia doesn’t fight the military. The military takes an oath to defend the constitution, not obey the POTUS. If POTUS is outside the limits of the CONUS, he is no longer president.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>>… things like Abrams M1 battle tanks and helicopter gunships. And besides, most gun nuts are Trump fanatics too so they'd be of no help in defending the constitution…</span><span class=gmaildefault><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> John K Clark</span></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>On the contrary sir. The military is identifiable. The militia is not. The military wouldn’t take on an armed militia, for the two forces are on the same side, defending the constitution.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>John you worry about things that are not real. POTUS does not have the power to seize more power. Were that possible, one or more of his predecessors, perhaps most of this predecessors, would have seized power.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>By referring to second amendment rights supporters as a bunch of silly rednecks with hunting rifles, you make yourself ever more formidable in the Arrogance Olympiad. Were you to show a trifle of respect for others, we might be able to take you on.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>