> On Jul 18, 11:46 pm, Angus Scrimm wrote:
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>>Bill Shatzer wrote:
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>>>$6.66 a month

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>>"And over 4,000 Americans have paid with their lives for that little
>>adventure. Plus a half a trillion dollars in national treasure
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>>You might compare that with the number of lives lost on 9-11. Or the
>>economic injury incurred from that event.
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>>It would have been cheaper in both lives and money to just suffer
>>another 9-11 every six or seven years.
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>>Peace and justice,"
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> You know, this entire conversation reminds me of the truism (and
> quote) Those that refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat
> it. If you refuse to defend yourself when attacked, then you invite
> more and harsher attacks. I would have thought that everyone learned
> this in elementary school, when the bully only picked on those that
> did not fight back.
>
> As for the cost of fighting back, the cost of freedom is always high,
> but as a disabled veteran I know that the cost I have paid, to give
> you the continued ability to demean our military, is worth every
> penny, because otherwise we are no better then a totalitarian regime.
> And if you think that any of our military would hesitate to give their
> lives to ensure your rights, even when you use them with poor
> judgement, then you have no clue about those that serve.