Branch Davidians to be released

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You have evidence of this?

Why wasn't it the excuse the government offered first? Or second?

Why weren't the warrants proper, and served correctly?

Do you pity the children because you think someone molested them? Or because your government murdered them?

Ohh, BTW, considering your sig line...what cult do you belong to?
 
You know ... I don't want to keep posting on this. But it's said that the only thing evil men need to succeed is for good men to remain silent. So I have to fight the evil ignorance I see on this board.

When people such as some of those posting such raging words allow themselves to stew with no words of sanity to interrupt their little psychotic world where the government is the root of all evil and why they are such failures in life ... well, that's when people do what Timothy McVeigh did. Strike back at the government by bombing a building full of normal Americans working their jobs and trying to get along day by day, and murdering a whole room full of children in day care as well. That SOB got what he had coming to him, too -- and I just wish they would have given me 10 minutes with him in a closed room so I could wipe that smile off his face before they put the needles in.

I'm am not the fascist-kill-the-children the government-is-always-right guy so many want to make me out to be by taking words out of context. It's everyone's job to watch the government and fight them -- either through the justice system or, if the situation becomes insane, though other measures (and no -- this country isn't 1/10th insane enough for that).

I'm just saying ... while it's better to be tried by 12 then carried by 4, it's also better to be tried by 12 than to be gunned down by LEO's and then carried by 4 (or swept up by one). Because unless you really are part of a proper revolution with enough backing to be more than a handful of nuts out of a nation of 300 million, an armed standoff will not result in anything positive. Ever. Period. Your never going to just be able to pushe the dead LEO's off your lawn, give the guys a grin and say, "too bad I know the constitution. Get this garbage out of here" and go about your daily lives.

The bottom line is ...

If the branch Davidians either hadn't met the agents with murder, or had surrendered when it became clear they were facing government agents with warrants on days 1 - 50, they would have ended up in the criminal justice systems with lawyers, demands to get information released, and if they're case was right they would have gotten the support of the American people. And they and their children would STILL be alive, even if some of them did have to server short jail terms for whatever.

And furthermore ...

It DOESN'T matter what the specifics of the warrant were, because the DAVIDIANS din't know the specifics when they opened up. UNDER THE CONSTITUTION of this country, the constitution so many on this board pretend to believe in and defend, a warrant issued by a judge is proper and must be obeyed. If it is wrongfully issued, the solution is in court; not in a blaze of gunfire.

For those of you who intend an armed standoff -- more power to you. You won't be missed. And we'll make sure any children that survive are raised by politically correct people to be good democrats and anti-gun.

Because if you allow yourself to be killed in a situation where you could have chosen not to, even if it meant not turning over your .45, then you have surrendered your children to the fates and are a bad parent.

And you got what you deserved. Like the Branch Davidians.

So pull a few words out of there at a time if you want and twist it however you want, those are facts. Think about them. Just think about them.

If the govt. were as evil as you want to believe, wouldn't posting on this board have Black Helicopters turning up at your house?
 
They were cult members that abused children. I feel sorry for the children that were their victims.

So kill them, and the kids. Fact is, Reno used 'child abuse' as an excuse to assault the compound and kill them all. The child abuse allegation was proved false.

Deadly force was used to serve a warrant, and it was met with deadly force. That does not make murder. What it amounts to is excessive force and the consequences - innocent deaths. Same as with the Randy Weaver fiasco. What it demonstrates is that our government makes mistakes and those mistakes sometimes cost innocent lives.

Sometimes LEOs act according to what they CAN do rather than what they SHOULD do. They can use excessive force, and sometimes they use it when it isn't appropriate. As was the case at WACO, and at Randy Weaver's cabin.

And last of all, I wish Garand Illusion would just once follow-thru with his 'this is my last post on this thread' and give us all a breather.
 
You know ... I don't want to keep posting on this. But it's said that the only thing evil men need to succeed is for good men to remain silent. So I have to fight the evil ignorance I see on this board.

That's rich. Sorry but, really... You made specific claims which have been shown to be false and yet you speak of the ignorance of others. Truly entertaining.

When people such as some of those posting such raging words allow themselves to stew with no words of sanity to interrupt their little psychotic world where the government is the root of all evil and why they are such failures in life ...

I made my first million at 28(my Ex-wife really appreciated it). How about you? But that's immaterial. What matters is here's another instance of you seeking to minimalize those who don't think like you because you simply don't have a position, let alone support for one.

I'm am not the fascist-kill-the-children the government-is-always-right guy so many want to make me out to be by taking words out of context.

I am pretty certain your words have been repeatedly directly quoted complete with context. Did you say something you didn't mean?

It's everyone's job to watch the government and fight them -- either through the justice system or, if the situation becomes insane, though other measures (and no -- this country isn't 1/10th insane enough for that).

Your opinion. Looks to me , with legislation currently coming at us and the likely next POTUS to utilize that legislation, like we're about one step away from it.

I'm just saying ... while it's better to be tried by 12 then carried by 4, it's also better to be tried by 12 than to be gunned down by LEO's and then carried by 4 (or swept up by one). Because unless you really are part of a proper revolution with enough backing to be more than a handful of nuts out of a nation of 300 million, an armed standoff will not result in anything positive. Ever. Period.

And yet here we are, all these years later, arguing the issue and causing people to think about the subject, regardless of their position. Most of them realize something was desperately wrong in Waco, too, and it wasn't, for the most part, the Davidians. But since you don't appear to see this discussion in a positive light I suppose you would see no positive result...

If the branch Davidians either hadn't met the agents with murder, or had surrendered when it became clear they were facing government agents with warrants on days 1 - 50, they would have ended up in the criminal justice systems ...

Except that once the Davidians drew blood they were left without choices, including the choice of surrendering. They were repeatedly denied this option. As such, if the government had done its job properly by serving the correct warrants in the proper fashion, or at least negotiating in good faith those Davidians might still be alive...

It DOESN'T matter what the specifics of the warrant were, because the DAVIDIANS din't know the specifics when they opened up.

If a bunch of black suited idiots swarm my house I'll shoot first and ask questions later. I employ attorneys to clean up the mess afterwards. OTOH, if LEO walks up and slaps me with papers, even if they are wrong, I'll probably go along(barring certain previously mentioned issues).

UNDER THE CONSTITUTION of this country, the constitution so many on this board pretend to believe in and defend, a warrant issued by a judge is proper and must be obeyed. If it is wrongfully issued, the solution is in court; not in a blaze of gunfire.

Not automatically true, but that gets into a much broader issue of proper laws and we'll just let that go for now.

For those of you who intend an armed standoff -- more power to you. You won't be missed.

Of course we will. Maybe not by you, but you don't represent everybody...as i hope you realize.

And we'll make sure any children that survive are raised by politically correct people to be good democrats and anti-gun.

Nah. Many of us took the time to keep the boob-tube out of the house and our children out of government schools, so they are pretty well contamination proof. :) THAT fact really scares the Powers That Be, too, ya know.

Because if you allow yourself to be killed in a situation where you could have chosen not to, even if it meant not turning over your .45, then you have surrendered your children to the fates and are a bad parent.

Bases already covered. See, some good things DID come of these past events. Not only can we keep conciousness stirred up regarding it thru venues like this we know more about what to prepare for. :)

And you got what you deserved. Like the Branch Davidians.

So if it's bad law and all venues to fight its implementation were used before hand and they STILL made it law then what? Submit or "get what you deserve"? Sorry, that's not a simple black/white issue.

So pull a few words out of there at a time if you want and twist it however you want, those are facts. Think about them. Just think about them.

Once again, I quote your words in context as you have written them. Your statements stand for themselves. i couldn't rewrite them and have them reflect any more poorly.

If the govt. were as evil as you want to believe, wouldn't posting on this board have Black Helicopters turning up at your house?

Nah, so far just a couple suits but who knows what the future holds.
 
When people such as some of those posting such raging words allow themselves to stew with no words of sanity to interrupt their little psychotic world where the government is the root of all evil and why they are such failures in life ... well, that's when people do what Timothy McVeigh did. Strike back at the government by bombing a building full of normal Americans working their jobs and trying to get along day by day, and murdering a whole room full of children in day care as well. That SOB got what he had coming to him, too -- and I just wish they would have given me 10 minutes with him in a closed room so I could wipe that smile off his face before they put the needles in.

GI if you are lumping me in with your government conspiracy nuts so be it, you obviously haven't read my posts on other threads on this forum.

I believe the saying "every cloud has a silver lining".

If you look at the time line of Ruby Ridge, Waco, and OKC there is an interesting pattern there.

If you are inclined to exercise your mind for a minute think about this..

When it comes to Molon Labe/"from my cold dead hands" each of us could be placed on a continuum (l------------------l). Lets say on the left are those who under no circumstances would raise arms against our government, even if it meant genocide or worse. At the other end are the Davidians and McVeigh. We all fall somewhere in between. The BC admin. started their assault on the 2nd shortly after coming to office. The Weaver's were going to be made examples of by the Clinton/Reno Justice Department. The result was a call to arms to some on the far right side of that continuum and a slight shift of the rest of those on the continuum to the right.

It's everyone's job to watch the government and fight them -- either through the justice system or, if the situation becomes insane, though other measures (and no -- this country isn't 1/10th insane enough for that).

This statement places you somewhere on the continuum, right?

Then the serious talk came from the Clinton Admin. about different aspects of gun control, regulation of ammunition, even talk of putting a 5 year shelf life on primers. These actions came as a call to arms for a few more on the right end of the continuum and the rest of us moved a little more to the right (on the continuum).

During this time groups of people probably in your area began exercising their right of association and formed local militias. These were people who were toward the right end of the continuum, generally law abiding citizens who were feeling that their Government was beginning to infringe on their 2nd A. rights. At the same time masses in the middle of the continuum moved a little farther right.

Then we had Waco.

Those who were already feeling the Government was attempting to take away their rights were given more ammunition for their attitudes. Still talk from government about limiting ammunition purchases, primer shelf life, putting more guns on the banned list. Again a shift to the right on the continuum. More average citizens becoming involved with others in the 2nd camp in the form of local militias.

Then came OKC/McVeigh. McVeigh was motivated by the above. He started out at the right end of the continuum and was driven even farther by the anti-2nd movement by his government. McVeigh was IMO an extremist who went too far. His actions came as a wakeup call to Washington that it was time to curb their assault on the 2nd. They knew that there were others not far behind McVeigh. They became aware that if they continued to push on the 2nd crowd they could expect more of the same.

Shortly after OKC we never heard anything more out of the Admin regarding more regulations on the 2nd.

Thus the "silver lining".

It doesn't matter which of our rights we are talking about there are those on the far right end and the far left end of the continuum. Those on the far right end will become more vocal and the rest of us will move right if assaults on the right are coming from the government.

This phenomenon is what will keep all of our rights in tact. This is the beauty of our system. This is what keeps us somewhere between anarchy on the right and a police state on the left.

None of my references to right and left should be associated with political right or left only levels of extremism on the continuum.
 
The BATFE made the first mistake and it was all downhill from there... I am not excusing the Davidians from their part of the blame.

The raid was ill concieved considering that one of Koresh's beleifs is that the government would come for him one day.

There are questions that need to be answered about Waco.

The duty of law enforcment should be to protect and serve. To preserve life. When federal agencies go from protecting to killing where children and a pregnant woman holding a baby are killed. Somenbody needs to take a step back and do some thinking and some reforming.
 
Just too scary to think that someone thinks there is a silver lining to the OKC bombing. There are still plenty of people to attack the 2nd amendment -- some were fired up by the OKC attack, not shut down. If you think the 2nd amendment isn't still under attack, or won't be under attack in a democrat ruled government ... WOW.

I edited out a bunch here. Decided I was getting too vitriolic as well to no purpose because everything has already been said. I am sorry about that.

God bless, y'all.

And whatever else it was and whomever was at fault ... Waco was a tragedy. I hope we never see the like again.

I haven't read any of the posts after this one and won't be opening this thread again. P.M. me if you want.
 
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Believing you are innocent does not justify a fight in the instance of speeding. When your door is kicked in or your house surrounded by people you believe intend to kill you, a fight is definitely in the offing.

No, becaue the Davidians were served a warrant, it wasn't a no-knock. They had plenty opportunity to avoid armed conflict. A man who's door is kicked all of a sudden in the middle of the night has none.

If a SWAT team surrounded my house; I don't think they would shoot me when I surrender to them. Even if they got the wrong address, I'll still surrender to them. It's easier to argue with a judge on why the gov't should buy you a new front door than to argue with the business end of an M4.
 
While I'm impressed by the cutting and pasting abilities of a few of you (I guess the ability to drag and drop increases directly in proportion to the ability to drool and have a glowing red neck and and conversely to the ability for common sense and reason) no one has disproven a single thing I've said.

Having had the error of your warrant claim pointed out to you, and having had the error of your "surrender" claim pointed out to you, and having had your black/white arguments expanded into something more mature and having had your "out of context" claim demolished you now resort to a non sequitur of an ad hom attack while declaring yourself the victor. Gee, never saw anyone do that before...

I'm never certain why people who don't understand debate, discourse, logical progression or facts are always the ones who insist on continuing to post their opinions. Whatever, I believe you have pretty well demonstrated your credibility and the credibility of your "position". And with that I rather expect you've gotten this thread locked soon enough...but such is life.
 
Just too scary to think that someone thinks there is a silver lining to the OKC bombing.

Yep, and there was a silver lining, IMO, to every terrible event in history which had an emotional effect on masses of people. Tragedy can not be reversed by wishing it away. In the wake of mass tragedy we must always look for the positive changes which come from it.

Do you believe Katrina will not effect response to the next tragedy resulting in positive effect? I challenge you to find a mass tragedy which didn't have a silver lining.
 
sensop musta hit the wrong button... Fixed.

And please, let's keep the ad homs to a bare minimum (I suspect it's useless to ask to keep them out altogether?).

Ruby Ridge and Waco, like the OKC bombing are highly charged issues. All the more reason to use reason and not emotion.
 
If the branch Davidians either hadn't met the agents with murder, or had surrendered when it became clear they were facing government agents with warrants on days 1 - 50, they would have ended up in the criminal justice systems with lawyers, demands to get information released, and if they're case was right they would have gotten the support of the American people

By your statements it is clear you believe the Branch Davidians fired first. If the ATF opened fire first, like many people believe, would your feelings change? I for one am not convinced that the Branch Davidians opened fire first. If there is any proof that the Branch Davidians did fire first, I will agree with you that all fault lies with them. However, I don't consider the word of any ATF agent as proof.
 
I think the military shot first, firing from helicopters through the roof ... shooting through the roof of a church with children and elderly ... kind of makes me think maybe the military shouldn't be involved in law enforcement.

I think Koresh came to the door, and the ATF opened fire ... kind of makes me think that we shouldn't have federal gun police, and that police powers should be reserved to the States.

I think Koresh went back in and dialled 911. It sounds to me like he was the only reasonable and safe person involved.

I think it is nonsense to say that Koresh defied an attempt to serve a warrant and barricaded himself. However, I do think that there may have been times when they might have come out without being shot ... but then again they would be coming out to be jailed on trumped up charges so the feds could save face. I don't know ... what do you do when they fire through your roof, fire through your front door, shoot up your yard, bring in bulldozers and destroy all the evidence ... at what point do you start trusting the federal military/police and come out to receive your sentence for the trumped up charges?
 
Clinton/Reno's finest hour

The whole Waco thing was not about "The Childern" (:barf: ) - the Texas dept. of child welfare went to the Davidian compound on seven different occasions and found nothing out of order as far as the way the children there were being treated and cared for.

The issue was this: Here was a group of people - admittedly with some strange religious beliefs - who were stockpiling LEGAL guns and ammunition and the Clinton/Reno regieme was not going to stand for it.

Clinton/Reno decided to make an example out of them; the Davidians were ready and able to repel the attackers. A 51 day standoff resulted, making Clinton/Reno and their storm troops look like a bunch of schmucks.

After 51 days of having their face rubbed in it, "The Government" threw an enormous tantrum and burned the people in the compound alive. Any survivors were thrown in prison.

This sorry episode would do the rulers of Communist China proud.

Oh, and last time I checked - having strange religious beliefs does not make it okay for "The Government" to burn you alive. Neither does having a big gun collection.
 
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