The Window War--The Time Is Now!! (YOU NEED TO READ THIS)

"Specific events, regardless of their actual importance to history, sometimes capture the human imagination. In doing this, they become rallying points for masses of people. They become pivotal to political careers. Such events can bring about the collapse of governments or determine the outcome of elections....Except for clueless and apathetic persons, America has been split into two hostile ideological camps. One is the anti-communist or anti-statist camp, which looks to traditional moral values, the Constitution, a strong family unit and the free market. The other camp is socialist or "progressive" in its outlook, globalist and environmentalist in its policies.

There is no reconciling the two futures these camps represent. One or the other will win in the end. The war up to now has been waged in the political and social arena. The time is fast approaching when this political and social "war" will spill over into armed conflict-- real civil war. If it does, it will happen mostly because everyone thinks it impossible. For sixty years, the liberals have used our respect for the law against us. Each time they moved the line of law to further their agenda, breaking off a bit of the Constitution, we, as law-abiding citizens have backed up grumbling but complying. And why should they stop pushing us back from our God-given liberties? We've never pushed back to stop them. We have been TOO law-abiding.

Remember one thing: Adolf Hitler was elected, and the Nazis passed laws justifying every horrible act they later committed. In such a country, law-breaking is not a crime but a virtue. Before we get too far down that road, perhaps a little window-breaking is in order. Waiting too late to oppose tyranny has always led to bloodshed. Let us avoid that if we can. But history holds such windows of opportunity open only so long, and ours is rapidly closing. Perhaps by breaking the window now, we can escape the horrible alternative. And if in the unlikely event my modest story should become fact, somewhere The Sons of Liberty will be smiling."

http://www.lizmichael.com/windowwa.htm

a couple things...

-- first as for posting entire articles ... I am very careful (usually) to not do so. This particular one I just copied from the original post without checking it (I assumed it was not the whole article..but upon seeing your reference I saw that indeed it was the whole article)
I will be more cautious of this in the future.

-- As for the article itself.. I was under the assumption that this story was actually what happened.. however after doing a bit of research, I found that the author made the entire story up... (as an example to inspire people) When I first saw this posted on DP I was under the impression that the story mostly was true.. now that I know that it is not..I am quite dismayed.. (and had I discovered this on my own I would have either edited the post or deleted it..) I thought this was a recent example of Americans saying enough is enough.. now I see that it was just a made up story.. Americans still have not found their backbone...

--- As for violence... As a rule a violent reaction to any situation will or may end up badly for both parties/groups of people in the long run..and as long as there is another option to protect ones self and ones nation without the use of violence then that is obviously what should be done.. however.. there comes a time and place in life where being the door mat to the evil powers that be is just not the way to go ... The original colonists knew this ..George Washington knew this..and all/or most of the Founding Fathers knew this.
Only after they exhausted every other known remedy to their injustices of the day did they begin to pursue other methods..(aka civil disobedience--ie Boston tea party, burning of HMS Gaspée,and tarring and feathering of the British)Eventually groups such as the sons of liberty took hold and planned/executed many of these events... Samuel Adams was one of their leaders.. and eventually these groups became known as the Committees of Safety. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_Liberty

I am sure if Dr. Paul was interviewed about the above events ..he would say that they were justified and useful for the birth of our nation. He may (and has)even said that such events may need to be done in this day and age in order to regain our freedom once again.

While violence should NEVER BE THE FIRST OPTION there are times where it is the only way forward for a society to preserve, gain, or regain its freedom.(unless of course death and martyrdom is desired)

If it weren't for the still obvious need for some violence in order to protect our freedoms on such a barbaric planet, violence of all types could be eliminated. But while civilization evolves beyond dictatorships/tyranny etc. other options could be used. However there are times where no other such option remains(that is if you want to preserve life/freedom)... I urge people to show restraint until the time comes when there is no more restraint possible. (ie they are rounding up your family, friends, etc or are about to murder them via forced injections, etc) When that time arrives for each individual or groups of individuals may they make the wisest choice possible.

I also realize that both for your safety, and per your personal stance, that you do not want any posts here that call for a public uprising...via a violent one. Again, the only reason I posted this story to begin with is I thought it was a historical fact..(with just a few names changed) Now that I know it is not, it changes my entire perception of the story, and I can see why you thought I may have been attempting to incite violence....

for those who did not read the article and desire to please google "The window War"

thanks

(one last thing, are all threads that are un-postable, or locked done intentionally? or is it a blanket thing where many posts got turned off do to the switch to the new server? It seems that almost any thread over 2-3 weeks old is locked up.

I've rarely seen that happen. 99% of the time if sometime is posting an article they just give the link.

I wish I was fifteen years old again and awakened, if we all were fifteen again, we would not be able to vote, but we sure could break alot more windows to get the ball rolling. The crazy stuff I did when I was fifteen was revolutionary material, only back then I did not have a family and could not go to jail for long, I did go to jail a couple of times. Rock on Jdayh, when is dailypaul having a sleepover party, maybe we could paint a night on the town ;).

Violence? I must have skipped that paragraph.

How does civil disobedience equate to violence? Nowhere in the fictional account did anyone get hurt nor did they ever give way to 'violence'.

It was very much a 'Tea Party' type scenario. The hostility felt for the powers-that-be were steered toward inanimate symbols of that power. The message was received and there was no bloodletting.

Sorry, this does indeed smack of censorship. I can appreciate not posting the article itself due to copyright infringement but seriously, I think the whole reaction to the article is way over the top.

Thank you Michael.

Not to disagree in any way with your comments, but add and point out that violence frequently accompanies revolution and that those most strongly opposed to violence can end up being the first targets.

God grant us ALL the wisdom and strength to avoid that.