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   From: ingilt@yahoo.co.uk   
      
   On 25/07/2015 19:52, rbowman wrote:   
   > On 07/25/2015 04:32 AM, Alex W. wrote:   
   >> Koresh's Branch Davidians would have been far less dangerous if its   
   >> members had spent their time preaching on street corners rather than   
   >> locking themselves away in their compound.   
   >   
   > Who were they a danger to other than themselves? Even The Covenant, the   
   > Sword, and the Arm of the Lord was more about thought crimes than   
   > anything they ever accomplished. Snell was a loose cannon sort of tied   
   > to them.   
   >   
   > If you look a Snell, Kahl, McVeigh, Matthews, Lane and so forth they   
   > were primarily lone wolves. They traveled in similar circles but it was   
   > more the ideas they picked up than the groups. So, do you really want   
   > the radicals preaching on the street corners?   
      
   Absolutely.  Out in the open, they can be opposed, argued with.  Out in   
   the open, we can see their kookiness and recognise the danger.  When   
   extremists do not have a public face, when they turn inwards -- that is   
   when we get terrorism and carnage.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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