more or less. Except it was an email. And since she told true believers that this was a jihad, a lot of them are not disbanding. Looks to me like the lady's lawyer said WTF.
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > Synopsys...the head of the Minutemen, in a speech basically said that they > should come locked and loaded (the intent, supposedly, was using it > metaphorically meaning come ready) but the group took it with it's literal > meaning...which is come with guns loaded and rounds chambered , ready to > fire. When they saw this, they decided that things have just gone horribly > wrong and decided to dissolve the Minutemen. > > http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/30/volunteer-force-of-mexico-bo > rder-watchers-disbands/ > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 11:09 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: locked and loaded -- more dangerous stupidity > > > The Minutemen! The head of this group that just disbanded so it won't > get sued sent out an email inciting the behavior she is worried about. > > On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 7:33 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> BTW who is "they"? >> >> I'd like to get some context on the issue. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dana [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 8:48 AM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: locked and loaded -- more dangerous stupidity >> >> >> OK so... allow me to rant a moment. They sent out an email urging >> people to come "locked and loaded" and now they are worried that >> someone will get hurt??? What does "locked and loaded" mean to you? >> Actually, allow me to correct myself -- they are apparently worried >> that they will be *liable* if someone gets hurt. It's pretty much a >> no-brainer that someone will. Locked and Loaded? >> >> Just to add the right surreal note -- it seems they are still going to >> patrol the *Canadian* border. Locked and loaded? Since when are >> Canadians even an issue? What are they afraid of, sarcasm? >> >> =============================================== >> >> AZ-based border Minuteman group calls it quits >> >> By Brady McCombs Arizona Daily Star | Posted: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 > 2:21 >> pm >> >> The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps is no longer. >> >> The Arizona-based border watch group that burst onto the national >> scene in 2005 sent an email to its members this week announcing the >> corporation has dissolved. >> >> The group's president, Carmen Mercer, of Tombstone, said she and the >> board's two other directors voted to end the group's five-year run >> because they were worried her recent "call to action" would attract >> the wrong people to the border. >> >> On March 16, Mercer sent out an e-mail urging members to come to the >> border "locked, loaded and ready" and urged people to bring "long >> arms." She proposed changing the group's rules to allow members to >> track illegal immigrants and drug smugglers instead of just reporting >> the activity to the Border Patrol. >> >> "We will forcefully engage, detain, and defend our lives and country >> from the criminals who trample over our culture and laws," she wrote >> in the March 16 e-mail. >> >> Mercer said she received a more feverish response than she expected - >> 350 personal e-mails she said - and decided the Minuteman Civil >> Defense Corps couldn't shoulder the responsibility and liability of >> what could occur, she said. >> >> "People are ready to come lock and loaded and that's not what we are >> all about," Mercer said. "It only takes one bad apple to destroy >> everything we've done for the last eight years." >> >> The group formed as Civil Homeland Defense in 2002 and later became >> the Minuteman Project in April 2005. The named changed again to >> Minuteman Civil Defense Corps. >> >> http://www.azstarnet.com/news/local/border/article_7d47c702-378b-11df-9 >> >> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:314634 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
