Time: Fri May 23 11:11:04 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA04003; Fri, 23 May 1997 09:12:12 -0700 (MST) by usr06.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA22058; Fri, 23 May 1997 09:12:07 -0700 (MST) Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 10:52:49 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: Civil Disobedience (fwd) <snip> > >Reposting, faxing, copying, and any and all methods of >distributing this message are encouraged (as always). > > >At 08:06 AM 5/23/97 EST, Roger Cravens wrote: >> >>As much as I despise the idea of blowing up a federal >>building to make a point, McVeigh has very keen insight >>into the exact problems facing the population of this >>country. >> >>Until the entire Congress gets the idea that this >>country has come almost full circle back to where >>it began with a profoundly repressive and >>arrogant government that is currently totally out >>of control, these types of incidents will most likely >>continue and the Feds (for the most part) will be >>absolutely powerless to stop it. > > >Up to this point, Roger, I concur 100%. Then you write the >following: > > >>The thing that has me amazed is that such civil >>disobediance/terrorism took so long to surface. > > >I think your meaning was "The thing that has me amazed is that >such terrorism took so long to surface." I would also agree with >that. > >What I take exception to is your combining civil disobedience with >terrorism as if they were the same. This makes about as much >sense as writing militia/terrorism, Christian activism/terrorism, >or Girl Scouts/terrorism. > >Civil disobedience is when a group stands up and says "We will not >comply with these unlawful, unconstitutional statutes which >pretend to be laws. We intend to restore limited, Constitutional >government through the means of not submitting to nor cooperating >with unconstitutional statutes. Government terrorism will not >sway us from our righteous course. There are far more patriotic >citizens than there are government employees who are willing to >attempt to enforce unconstitutional statutes. We will overcome >government oppression and we will restore our beloved >Constitutional Republic, so help us God!" > >This kind of non-violent, not passive, resistance to unlawful >actions by government calls for extreme courage on the part of >patriots. Civil disobedience calls for the kind of courage to >stand unarmed and face a tank (as seen in China). This is what is >required to stop the loss of our Liberty and the infringement of >our Rights which are protected by the Constitution and should be >protected by all government employees who honor their oath to >support and defend our United States Constitution. > >Let us keep in mind that our goal is to restore limited, >Constitutional government to our nation and our states. Let us >hold up our United States Constitution (and state constitutions, >as appropriate) as our authority to limit government and as the >document which protects (not grants) our rights. Let us proclaim >that it is our intention to restore limited, Constitutional >government by non-violent means. We want to utilize the Ballot >Box and the Jury Box and keep the Ammo Box in reserve. To utilize >the ballot box we must stop the secret computer manipulation of >voting totals and educate the public not to vote for career >politicians who have repeatedly violated their oath to support and >defend our constitutions. To utilize the Jury Box we must educate >the public to become fully informed jurors (call 1-800-TEL-JURY). >To have an Ammo Box to keep in reserve we must continue to form >militia units, the more public the better (and the more public the >more lawful - all governmental authority comes from the people and >a militia unit formed by inviting the participation and the vote >of all the people in a county is unquestionably lawful). > >For a shining example of non-violent (not passive) effort that >changed a mighty government, look to India and the story of >Gandhi. We draw our strength from God and most of us base our >lives on our spiritual understandings. Let us remember that all >people have the right to honor God in the manner they understand >to be most appropriate. Let us also remember that Liberty means >that some people will have the right to believe and to do things >of which we do not approve. So long as no one infringes on the >rights of another, we will just have to accept that people have >the right to be different. Let us strive to keep our personal >religions to ourselves and keep other divisive beliefs out of our >efforts to restore limited, Constitutional government. > >We do not want freedom in our country. Freedom ends up with the >stronger imposing their views on the weaker. We want Liberty in >our country, which is personal freedom which stops just short of >infringing on another's rights. We do not want democracy in our >country. Democracy is two wolves and one sheep deciding what to >eat for lunch. We want to fully restore our limited, >democratically elected, Constitutional Republic. The rights of >minorities are protected in our Constitutional Republic, unlike in >a true democracy. > >Please do not confuse civil disobedience with terrorism. Civil >disobedience is what patriots do. Terrorism is what >unconstitutional government and some criminal radicals do. > >for Liberty, >Bill Utterback > > >butterb@connecti.com (backup: butterb597@aol.com) > >"It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from >falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the >Government from falling into error." >U.S. Supreme Court in American Communications Association v. Douds, >339 U.S. 382,442 > >World's Smallest Political Quiz: http://www.self-gov.org/quiz.html > >Libertarian Party: http://www.rahul.net/lp/ > >Fully Informed Jury Association: http://www.fija.org/ >http://www.primenet.com/~slack/fija/fija.html > >Gun Owners of America: http://www.gunowners.org/ > >Police Against the New World Order: >http://www.police-against-nwo.com/index.htm > >-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- >Version: 2.6.2 > >mQCNAzLFeJcAAAEEAMI46f9z/FPADKcgTeFXl5Eeinvn++ZpkJieQS34uKd5y5uo >GHqt/o5ZKEuyxpv2RIfktrp5u2vXKeDOQDXEVozwIVCyf01BfDxyhTsqVKr1r8rh >jpBIwTEFfevVN61a5ek//lgb45yybtkvi+R57Ydv0k+EGG8w4Q37IrX2qee5AAUR >tCVCaWxsIFV0dGVyYmFjayA8YnV0dGVyYkBjb25uZWN0aS5jb20+ >=6Xz3 >-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- > > ======================================================================== Paul Andrew, Mitchell, B.A., M.S. : Counselor at Law, federal witness email: [address in tool bar] : Eudora Pro 3.0.1 on Intel 586 CPU web site: http://www.supremelaw.com : library & law school registration ship to: c/o 2509 N. 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