Guns did not stop the attempted coup by the Russian communists in 1991. Neither did it end apartheid in South Africa.
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > "You find speech to be more important than firearms?" > > > > Without firearms to back it up, there is no free speech. > > > > Czechs, Ukrainians, Tunisians and many others would disagree. > > There are many types of revolutions and no revolution is achieved solely by > a single means. I still believe that the most important revolutions, > however, occur when a large segment of people come together and insist on > change. Coups may be achieved by a small cadre of men with guns, but true > revolutions are more rare and more lasting. And for a true revolution to > occur, there must be speech. There need not be guns (though they can > sometimes help). > > Judah > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:362701 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
