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Old 01-05-2018, 05:18 PM
 
Location: Michigan
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When the sun rose on April 19, 1993, it marked the 51st day of a standoff between dozens of federal agents and members of an apocalyptic religious sect called the Branch Davidians, who had barricaded themselves in their compound outside Waco, Texas.

Survivors of 1993 Waco siege describe what happened in fire that ended the 51-day standoff - ABC News
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Old 01-05-2018, 10:02 PM
 
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When the sun rose on April 19, 1993, it marked the 51st day of a standoff between dozens of federal agents and members of an apocalyptic religious sect called the Branch Davidians, who had barricaded themselves in their compound outside Waco, Texas.

Survivors of 1993 Waco siege describe what happened in fire that ended the 51-day standoff - ABC News
That was a real wake-up call. Until then I had no idea of the evil our government was capable of. Janet Reno and her goons murdered how many children?
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Old 01-05-2018, 11:35 PM
 
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Talk about something that never should have happened.
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Old 01-06-2018, 01:29 AM
 
Location: USA
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Talk about something that never should have happened.
Probably shouldn't have, but David Karen was a perverted freak, like Warren Jeffs, and Jim Jones, and bears just as much responsibility as anyone.
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Old 01-06-2018, 04:19 AM
 
Location: Santa Monica
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“Everyone thinks that we’re monsters, that we attacked innocent people,” said ATF agent Robert Elder. “We didn’t drive up there and start shooting and killing people. We responded with deadly force because deadly force was used against us.”
No other person on earth has a lesser understanding of the non-aggression principle than an ATF agent.
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Old 01-06-2018, 05:03 AM
 
Location: Toronto
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Everyone in this situation were idiot and most of us figured that out when we were atleast in grade 6.

I don't understand why people still harp on about this.
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Old 01-06-2018, 05:31 AM
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Everyone in this situation were idiot and most of us figured that out when we were atleast in grade 6.

I don't understand why people still harp on about this.
This was the start of today’s political movements. The Republican Party split into two. The Bush/Regan old school party vs. the Steve Bannon conspiracy loving gun collecting “anti-goin’ to church but I love Jesus” group.

It is an embodiment of their paranoia that the federal government is out to get them.
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Old 01-06-2018, 05:42 AM
 
Location: On the Beach
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Zero sympathy for the folks inside that compound, with the exception of the children who had no choice.
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Old 01-06-2018, 05:43 AM
 
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If David Koresh has left the premise and given himself up, the stand off would have ended. Instead, Koresh sacrificed everyone in the compound. A most cowardly action. Anyone trying to make Koresh a hero or martyr should be ashamed of themselves.
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Old 01-06-2018, 06:01 AM
 
Location: Florida
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JaNUT Reno was the heavy handed out of control nut job that used violent force to the extreme. Why is it when the democrats are in power they always end up killing Americans. They are easy on foreigners.
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