By what rules of warfare do you operate under? I'm [b]not[/b] speaking of the McVeigh case here, so nobody misunderstand me here.
[i]"We don't murder people, ever UNDER any circumstances. We cherish life and protect it at all costs, even with force. [/i]
Since when? We are being slaughtered and we are to stand by idly and simply take it? Will this be your response when your pregnant wife is slammed up against the wall and loses her baby? Or when your kid is shot in the back with a shotgun slug as he cowers helpless and defenseless on the floor with his hands clasped behind his head? Or when you get up to investigate a noise and are brutally murdered in cold blood by some gun wielding jack booted thug carrying a badge who refuse to identify himself and having an itchy trigger finger decides to shoot anything that moves?
I really don't understand your logic. You're saying you are a pacifist. What are you doing on this board if you own guns? Why don't you just give them up and make peace with yourself that you will never rise up in your own defense or that of your family, or your neighbor or your country?
War IS murder by any definition of the word and we are at war buddy, whether you believe it or not. Our side is being kicked in the teeth everyday and good people are dying each and everyday at the hands of thugs. Just because the other side may have the majority of force, doesn't make it RIGHT.
Doesn't anybody understand that there are two sets of rules at work here? One for us that say's we must be law abiding, pacifist furry little creatures who can do nothing to defend ourselves, while the other side tramples our rights, freedoms and liberties with out own blood each and every day?
We DO NOT exist at the whim of the state - the state exists because of the will of the people. If you want to make yourself a sheep, go ahead, it's your right. But don't expect the wolves to leave you alone.