From: nobody@nowhere.com   
      
   On 1/9/2026 3:28 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   > On Jan 9, 2026 at 11:59:29 AM PST, "moviePig"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 1/9/2026 1:58 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>>   On Jan 9, 2026 at 7:52:01 AM PST, "moviePig"  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>   On 1/8/2026 10:57 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>>>>     On Jan 8, 2026 at 7:30:33 PM PST, "moviePig"    
   wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>     On 1/8/2026 9:48 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>>>>>>       On Jan 8, 2026 at 6:31:36 PM PST, "Rhino"   
   >>>>>>>    
   >>>>>>>       wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>       On 2026-01-08 9:16 p.m., super70s wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>         Trump is also deploying forces against his own protesters.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>         Looks like things are tough all over for authoritarian   
   leaders lately.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>       Incredible. Iran is literally shaking off nearly 50 years of   
   Islamist   
   >>>>>>>>       occupation and you are seeing close parallels with   
   >>>>>>>>       democratically-elected Trump. If the protesters are successful,   
   this   
   >>>>>>>>       will be as big as the fall of the Berlin Wall and you have to   
   try to   
   >>>>>>>>       score partisan points....    
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>       Not only that, he's not even getting the points right.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>       It's Tampon Tim Walz that's spinning up the Minnesota National   
   Guard and   
   >>>>>>>       threatening to deploy the military against federal law   
   enforcement   
   >>>>>>>   officers   
   >>>>>>>       for the egregious sin of enforcing valid, democratically passed   
   and   
   >>>>>>>       constitutionally tested immigration law.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>       For years the Left has demanded that the government literally   
   ignore   
   >>>>>>>   the law   
   >>>>>>>       with regard to illegal immigration and now we're seeing how far   
   they're   
   >>>>>>>       willing to take those demands.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>     We're biased to "ignore the law" to favor the individual.  It's not   
   new.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>     Then why do we arrest people for DUI?   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   For the same reason(ing) we arrest drunks firing pistols at the moon. In   
   >>>>   such instances, we're favoring not impersonal government statute, but   
   >>>>   individuals who happen to be in the immediate vicinity.   
   >>>   
   >>>   So we're only concerned about the victims of crime if they happen to be   
   >>> within   
   >>>   shouting distance?   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> https://quotefancy.com/media/wallpaper/1600x900/359853-Joseph   
   Stalin-Quote-A-single-death-is-a-tragedy-a-million-deaths.jpg   
   >   
   > Most people see that quote as an example of moral bankruptcy, not a   
   philosophy   
   > on which to base a law enforcement system.   
      
   I guess I'm not "most people", as I've always seen the quote as a   
   paradoxical fact about human nature.  Morality doesn't apply.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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