From: royc@rbdc.wsnc.org (Roy Crabtree)
Subject: Re: A Message for you Mr. President: How do you know what happened?
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In article <C5srEw.FCG@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> tbrent@bank.ecn.purdue.edu (Timothy J Brent) writes:
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>Give me a break!  What fireman should have to deal with a blaze like that
>AND get shot at at the same time.

	Nearly all of them.  Witness LA>  Firemen are among our real
	heroes most of the time.  I wonder when they were actually
	aasked to come, or if they found out about the fire over the
	TV ....


	Shot at by whom?  prove it!

>
>These people were breaking the law.  I agree these weren't the best tactics,

	When "law" replaces "justice" the system is dying or dead.
	Note that we had a small revolution 216 years ago on this
	point.

>they probably should have backed off, pulled the perimeter way back, and let
>them sit there with no media attention until they decided to come out.  The 
>only other alternative I see would have been to send in a couple of special
>forces guys to capture or assassinate Koresh.  But remember, these fruit-

	Or perhaps just wait.
	Or maybeeven send in a few agents who are Christian to
		sit down and pray outside the line?  Try affinity
		rather than subversion?


>loops were putting their lives on the lines voluntarily.  Why should 

	Chuckle.  SO would you if someone points a gun at you.
	At that point you can die or live; and if living means
	stayng in a building to keep badge carrying nuts off your
	kids, I suspect you might as well.

BOTH sides were wrong.

>law-abiding citizens have to put themselves in any more danger than necessary
>when dealing with a nut?  Look at the man who jumped out of his Bradley to
>grab a flaming women who was running back into the building.  Yeah, I would
>have to say they were trying to save those people.  I don't think I would 
>risk my life that much to save someone that stupid that obviously didn't
>even want to be saved.

	Try again:  go see the movie Sophie's CHoice.
	Grow up.

>
>-Tim

royc
