tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991276253721562648.post4474848109852272329..comments2023-12-07T11:29:34.000+01:00Comments on Europeans for Ron Paul: An Open Letter to the Ron Paul FaithfulFabio Bossihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05221725072665541913noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991276253721562648.post-36559775582522821182007-10-14T01:55:00.000+02:002007-10-14T01:55:00.000+02:00Fabio, I agree with "NON aggression, only self-def...Fabio, I agree with "NON aggression, only self-defense," but the right to flower onwership is no great self-defense. Recent laws in my country make it impossible to lawfully own guns any more without the "strictest justification," such as -- you guessed it -- holding or having held political office. It was difficult before, it's practically impossible now, even for small calibres, .22 and such.<BR/><BR/>Portuguese politicians who shamed this country by actively preparing the criminal aggression against Irak walk free in Brussels, and even hold high office in the EU, well-protected at my (and your) tax-payer expense, while ordinary Portuguese citizens are "preventively" thrown in jail, regardless of any actual violence, for the crime of owning guns of any kind, or knives, or knuckle dusters, or even -- get ready for this -- reading material such as Orwell's "racially discriminatory" <I>Animal Farm</I> (yes, they actually showed a confiscated copy on national television, among other instances of "dangerous extreme-right literature that incites to racism," after a dawn raid on some military stuff store with right wing connections, which would be a laughing matter if it didn't show you the intellectual level of our guardian angels intent on protecting law-abiding citizens from their own evil guns & books).<BR/><BR/>We should realize this is the EU, not the US. We have a long way to go.Pedro Botelhohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14442390381935180025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991276253721562648.post-58244981439423492142007-10-13T20:51:00.000+02:002007-10-13T20:51:00.000+02:00This comment has been removed by the author.Pedro Botelhohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14442390381935180025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991276253721562648.post-52009448815599864292007-10-13T08:58:00.000+02:002007-10-13T08:58:00.000+02:00Hi Pedro,to your second comment:I did not think of...Hi Pedro,<BR/><BR/>to your second comment:<BR/><BR/>I did not think of the "Gun ownership" discussion. I like the picture, because it highlights the revolutionary mindset of the Ron Paul Revolution AND its peacefullness. NON aggression, only self-defense.<BR/><BR/>Cheerio<BR/><BR/>FabioFabio Bossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05221725072665541913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991276253721562648.post-38368443598206669242007-10-12T21:09:00.000+02:002007-10-12T21:09:00.000+02:00Said I: "And we need a true 1776-style Bill of Rig...<B>Said I: "And we need a true 1776-style Bill of Rights"</B><BR/><BR/>Well, make that 1791-style and 1776 spirit. You get the idea.Pedro Botelhohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14442390381935180025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991276253721562648.post-22011148584676565322007-10-12T21:04:00.000+02:002007-10-12T21:04:00.000+02:00One more comment.The picture you use is great, and...One more comment.<BR/><BR/>The picture you use is great, and very nice for places where gun ownership stays lawful because people refuse to be disarmed. But the message may be misunderstood, especially in totalitarian societies in the making as we now have in many countries of the European Union.<BR/><BR/>We need more, not less, lawful guns in the hands of free people. And we need a true 1776-style Bill of Rights for all countries of the Union, instead of "constitutional treaties" imposed without a vote on people still mentally benumbed by the state-sponsored murderous violence of the 20th century.<BR/><BR/>Why not indeed use the Ron Paul movement to start a "Real Human Rights" movement in Europe, one that will seek legal guarantees that will begin with the words "Legislative bodies shall make no law respecting..." rather than the idiotic jungle of rights, semi-rights and exceptions to the rights that so delight our lawmakers?<BR/><BR/>William Tell would make a better European icon than any flower throwers...Pedro Botelhohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14442390381935180025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991276253721562648.post-20878126096458029232007-10-12T18:45:00.000+02:002007-10-12T18:45:00.000+02:00Let me try to understand this: even though no hack...Let me try to understand this: even though no hacking at all was shown -- or even claimed, except in the figurative sense of "too many active Ron Paul supporters watching television" -- the poll was hidden away from sight because it was not "an honest show of hands" but a "beating of drums" instead?!<BR/><BR/>Interesting. Do they have some sort of "scientific" device to measure the noise of keyboard clicks, or the pressure exerted on the keys, or something along those lines?<BR/><BR/>Or maybe the message to the audience is simply "this is <I>our</I> show of hands, not yours..."Pedro Botelhohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14442390381935180025noreply@blogger.com