-Caveat Lector- On Wed, 24 Jan 2001 15:15:04 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] posted article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, which said: > The Founders' vision was a government that protected the rights of > individual citizens to life, liberty and property. They built a > nation of laws that established the rules of the game in which free > people function and interact voluntarily. That means freedom in the > home, freedom in the marketplace, freedom in your backyard. A > society with a limited government, whose job is to keep the peace > among free people, is not a police state. It's no wonder that the government has failed in its mission AND become more fascistic in the process. It tries to keep the peace. If two men (or two women for that matter, hehe) want to duke it out in the street, shouldn't they be allowed to? Maybe so. If the police catch it, however, they will try to put a stop to it. If guns are involved, innocent bystanders may be injured, and that ain't cool. Oops? Where did that come from? Must be this CD I'm listening too. Anyway, if the government was created to keep peace between the people, it only stands to reason that acceptions would be made to give the government more and more power to keep the peace as different situations arise that create grey areas that seem to fall outside the canvas of the Constitution. In short, we were doomed from the start. > What does CCOPS do? CCOPS has one broad purpose: to oppose the > formation of police states anywhere in the world. It especially > focuses on the United States and North America, because that is > where CCOPS is based. Opposing police states and preventing them > from arising are powerful ways to protect every individual's rights > to life, liberty, property and the pursuit of happiness. Aren't we only delaying the inevitable by doing this? I think until America experiences a police state, perhaps they will be unable to imagine such a thing ever happening. How long will citizens themselves demand new laws to control the behavior of "other people", not realizing that at the very same moment, someone else is pushing for a law to control "their" behavior? I often doubt the ability of the people to have any perception beyond what they're fed on the tube every night. "The world is what it is, and the world is what's shown on the evening news and that has to stop, so make more laws to control these things." America is really not in that bad a shape, criminally speaking, yet the push for more laws seems as high as ever because the illusion of America being a war zone is so strong. The illusion is brought on by the digest format of the evening news -- a daily collection of the highlights of "newsworthy events" in America and the rest of the world. > Why was CCOPS formed? CCOPS is not limited to charitable or > educational functions, so CCOPS can advocate or criticize > legislation and political candidates. While JPFO remains dedicated > by law to its vital educational purpose, CCOPS can charge onto the > battlefield on many issues without legal concerns forced upon us by > the government. I think it's a good mission, if they can get airtime. Remember that the mainstream media is controlled by six major companies and they're all in bed with organized crime; and yes, I consider the US Government to be a major player in organized crime. But the very outlet needed by CCOPS is the very one they're least likely to get. Their audience will most likely be their own cheerleading squad, such as the members of CTRL, Illusions and SearchNet News. Hopefully they will create affiliations with other factions which have similar missions to make their collective voice louder. > CCOPS changes the way people see the problem. Most Americans don't > know anything about the Bill of Rights. And the government uses this to their advantage. When I was in school, knowing the Bill of Rights and the Constitution was part of American History. But that was one thing that wasn't reviewed from one year to the next. I only remember learning once. I wonder how it's taught these days. Anybody in their teens or early 20's want to relay their experience? > Showing that government edict or program violates the Bill of Rights > doesn't seem to excite too many Americans. They probably don't realize what their rights afford them. They probably can't imagine what their lives would be like without those rights. And do you know what I see? I see a world mesmerized by watching television shows depicting people who live their lives with far more rights than any American has. Yes, it is makebelieve, but movie characters have far more courage than the average American because it's all scripted for sensationalism. > Most of the men and women who serve as peace officers and in the > armed forces understand their key role in our society, and they > respect the limits of their duties. The more these people > understand how a free society operates and the dangers of a police > state, the safer we all become with their help. I wonder if the boredom of having little to do has anything with the rise of the police state? Perhaps the government saw resources going to waste, so they decided to utilize personnel for things which fall outside the department's original purpose. Damaeus <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! 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