Re: UNCLAS//N1124//re:[MV]ImportMV's

Antoine Compin (acompin@earthlink.net)
Wed, 7 Jul 1999 12:39:08 -0700

I think this posting is very thoughtful and very articulate.
Indeed "Big Brother" does in the end benefit from our
self-righteous squabbles...
What a fit conclusion this posting - left below for everyone to
read again - is for this thread....

Antoine

----- Original Message -----
From: <Lauhe@aol.com>
To: <WILAX@aol.com>
Cc: <mil-veh@skylee.com>
Sent: Friday, August 06, 1999 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: UNCLAS//N1124//re:[MV]ImportMV's

> In a message dated 8/6/99 7:48:37 AM Central Daylight Time,
WILA X writes:
>
> << Are we a vehicle club or a paramilitary club?
>
> As we fight for "rights" should we fight for vehicle rights
or ....the
> rights to have bombs, bullets, weapons? >>
>
>
> We are simply people, is what we are. People who may be a bit
outside the
> mainstream, a bit off the wall, a bit "different". Most of
us are probably
> strong-willed, opinionated, and willing to not only stand
behind what we
> believe, but to speak up about it. And to allow everyone else
to do the
> same. I dont much care if you agree with me, or my position
on life in
> general, and I dont much care if I agree with you........what
I think we
> should agree on, tho, is your right and my right to be allowed
to say it,
> believe in it, and to live it.....without someone attempting
to take it away
> from either of us.
>
> When you speak of fighting for "rights", is there that much
difference which
> right is involved? Doesnt matter to me if someone tries to
take away my
> Jeep, my sons Boy Scout badge because he wears two little gold
earrings, my
> right to own a gun, or my right to compose a letter to the
editor of the
> local newspaper, if they are trying to restrict my rights to
do any of them,
> they are trying to gain still more control over not just me,
but over all of
> humanity. If you silence just one voice from speaking, you
silence
> everyones freedom to hear.
>
> If everyone who believes in freedom..........of
anything...................be
> it guns, vehicles, speech, appearance, religion, or politics,
were willing
> stop squabbling over which right is the most important, which
right is the
> most valid, which right is the rightest, think of the impact
we could have
> on the world at large.............
>
>
> That, in a nutshell, is why nothing will ever get done, tho.
Everyone wants
> what they want to be the most important
want..............Whatever emperors
> wife said "Divide and Conquer" sure knew what the hell she was
talking about,
> didnt she? The government doesnt have to worry about shutting
us up, we are
> too busy fighting amongst outselves to be heard by anyone.
>
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