"DSK" wrote in message
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John Smith wrote:
I think this topic is so emotional that it makes it hard for people to
read.

That may the case for many people.

Where did I stated the killing of students was either justified or
warrented.

When you repeated the falsehood that the Guardsmen were surrounded, and
then later when you said that they were threatened, faced with angry
yelling protestors, and probably very scared... all that implies that
you think the shooting was justified.

... I stated it was a tragedy.

Agreed.

... I stated that the troups "freaked
out".

Well, there's lots of ways to "freak out"... buying 1968 VW and painting
it neon swirls, going to Tibet and hanging around ancient monasteries,
growing strangely barbered facial hair, etc etc. These are not
necessarily good, shooting people dead is a very very bad way to "freak
out." One that can easily be considered murder.


... American's have the right to peaceful protest.

Sure. Although the US gov't has less and less tolerance for it as time
goes by. Nowadays you have to go to an authorized "protest area" and
sign a waiver. Isn't freedom wonderful?

DSK


Many of us know the following quote, by the Rev. Martin Niemöller:

"When they came for the communists, I didn't speak up because I wasn't a
communist. When they came for the Jews, I didn't speak up because I wasn't a
Jew. When they came for the Catholics. I didn't speak up because I was a
Protestant. Then they came for me... and there was no one left to speak up."

and recent events have spawned a new version, without attribution:

"When they came for the 4th amendment, I kept silent because I am not a drug
user. When they came for the 5th and amendment, I kept silent because I am
innocent. When they came for the 2nd amendment, I kept silent because I do
not own a gun. When they took the 1st amendment, I could no longer speak
out."

I wish I could take credit for this quote, but in fact I found it when
looking for the one by Martin Niemöller