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r00fus
on April 10, 2013
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IRS claims it can read your e-mail without a warra...
Note to citizens of the USA: This is what you get when a government is afraid of it's citizens. Freedom fries, indeed. Guns not needed.
rsync
on April 10, 2013
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No, this is a good point. History suggests that the government of france should absolutely be afraid of french citizens.
mcguire
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To (mis-) quote Rick Steves, the city of Paris repaved its streets, removing the historic cobbles, to prevent the citizens from using the streets...as weapons.
Non-apathetic citizenry probably trumps well-armed citizenry.
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