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Originally Posted by kevmartin  I don't recall the exact thread or have a link handy, but I believe I was using a hypothetical of an invasion of the USA to illustrate that what you might be willing to do under extreme circumstances - your response was you would choose to be a good boy and would wait and participate in the legal elections to effect change. |
You either have a bad memory or you are a liar. That is a near perfect misrepresentation of what was said. The only part that you got right was that you did come up with a hypothetical about an invasion of my country.
Here is the entirety of the post you're referring to where I talked about elections and an invading country:
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You're asking me to put myself in their place. How would it be if the shoe was on the other foot?
Let's see. Given the choice between putting a bomb vest on my child and sending him to blow up a bus stop or wedding, and deciding to vote in the elections the invading force made possible so I could play some small part in deciding who I'd be governed by..... hmmmmm...... decisions decisions...... It's a real close one, but I guess I'd choose to vote over blowing my kid up.
Being the patriot and lover of freedom that I am, were I ever to face what the people of Afghanistan and Iraq faced - a home-grown dictator who had taken away all our freedoms, ruled with an iron fist, opressed my fellow countrymen, did what the Taliban, Hussein, and terrorist groups are did and are doing to those countries, I'd welcome the "invading force," and help them however I could until the U.S. were a stable, free, self-reliant country again where everyone could practice their religion or lack therof in peace, where women were treated as equals again, where minorities were no longer exterminated, where everyone was able to safely pursue happiness again.
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