07-06-2012, 11:37 AM
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"Liberty is an armed lamb contesting the vote" Really? So if we don't like the results of an election we use our guns??
07-06-2012, 11:39 AM
Location: Houston
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mmmjv
"Liberty is an armed lamb contesting the vote" Really? So if we don't like the results of an election we use our guns??
Was Thomas Jefferson an inciter of violence?
07-06-2012, 11:40 AM
Location: New Hampshire
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Try reading the Declaration of Independence and get back to me!
07-06-2012, 12:01 PM
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"Liberty is an armed lamb contesting the vote" Really? So if we don't like the results of an election we use our guns??
Is this meant to be a joke, or did you just make a joke without meaning to?
07-06-2012, 12:02 PM
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Was Thomas Jefferson an inciter of violence?
Huh - why are you bringing Thomas Jefferson up?
And sure, he was inciter of violence - a war nonetheless (which, as I recall, he avoided fighting in by going to France).
07-06-2012, 12:07 PM
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Was Thomas Jefferson an inciter of violence?
When did Thomas Jefferson say we should resort to violence if we don't like the result of an election?
07-06-2012, 12:08 PM
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mmmjv
When did Thomas Jefferson say we should resort to violence if we don't like the result of an election?
An "armed lamb" is a call to violence?
Wow, there's something in there that I'm missing!
And by the way, all Herman Can was doing was quoting Ben Franklin...
07-06-2012, 12:08 PM
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Try reading the Declaration of Independence and get back to me!
I have, nowhere in there does it say we should start shooting people if we don't like the result of an election
07-06-2012, 12:09 PM
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An "armed lamb" is a call to violence?
Yes, it is. What part of "armed" did you not get?
07-06-2012, 12:09 PM
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"Liberty is an armed lamb contesting the vote" Really? So if we don't like the results of an election we use our guns??
Really? Really???
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