<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">While the attempted disarmament of the colonials was not mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, it was specifically addressed where it matters, in the Bill of Rights. I suspect they didn't write off the attempted disarmament at Concord as a tax-related problem, which is why they specifically addressed it in the second amendment in an effort to ensure that down the road the U.S. government wasn't able to disarm it's populace like the British tried to do.<br><br>Look, do you deny that the British were trying to take the arms (they thought were still) cached at Concord, and that this attempt led directly to the Battle at Lexington and Concord, which converted the entire problem into one of war rather than just unrest?<br><br>Paul<br><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman,
new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Paul Rumelhart <godshatter@yahoo.com> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Nicholas Gier <ngier006@gmail.com>; Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020@moscow.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, April 20, 2013 5:03 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] Huh?<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>
<meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="off"><div id="yiv170474311"><div><div style="">Paul Rumelhart suggests:</div><div style=""><br></div><div><span style="">"</span><span style="">It's almost as if it is complicated enough that pinning the cause of the war on any one factor alone is too limiting of a viewpoint."</span></div><div><span style=""><br></span></div><div><span style="">That's probably why TJ (Thomas Jefferson) and his buds went into excruciating detail when they authored the Declaration of Independence, which is probably why they overlooked bearing arms and eating British food (Carl Westberg's expressed dissatisfaction).</span></div><div><span style=""><br></span></div><div><span style="">Although, to some negligible degree, I can see the Brits denying the right to bear arms. I mean . . .</span></div><div><span style=""><br></span></div><div><span style="">Look at their military tactics back then. Wearing bright red,
white, and blue uniforms . . . in the middle of heavily wooded terrain . . . </span><span style="">they find a wide-open piece of ground. Instead of hiding behind trees, they rally in the middle of the field in a kneeling platoon formation. </span></div><div><span style=""><br></span></div><div><span style="">Recruiting must have been a MAJOR challenge for the Brits. </span></div><div><br><div style="">Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .</div><div style=""><br></div><div style="">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</div><div style="">http://www.MoscowCares.com</div><div style=""> </div><div style=""><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-size:medium;">There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><span style="font-size:medium;"> </span></div><span style="font-size:medium;">But first you must learn how to smile as you
kill </span><br style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-size:medium;">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div style=""><font size="3"><span style=""><br></span></font></div><div style=""><font size="3"><span style="">- John Lennon<br></span></font><div> </div></div></div><div style=""><br>On Apr 20, 2013, at 4:29 PM, Paul Rumelhart <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com">godshatter@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite" style="">It's almost as if it is complicated enough that pinning the cause of the war on any one factor alone is too limiting of a viewpoint.</blockquote></div></div><meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="on"><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>