Breaking Oregon Militia Occupies Federal Building

[Cybermat47]

Originally Posted by August

So are you actually saying that you don't care if the Feds shoot them down like dogs just for occupying a remote and uninhabited building? Maybe the Ranchers have a point after all if you're an example of the pro government side of this dispute.

Okay, I did overreact. Sorry about that.

I don't have any problem with them protesting. But when they move in there with guns, and post videos to YouTube about being willing to kill and die to defend the rights of two arsonists, I honestly can't say that they're doing a good thing. But yes, they should be taken alive.

If being in Cadets taught me one thing, it's that we have rules for a reason. And these people are breaking laws for no justifiable reason. If the Government was marching people off the land and killing anyone who didn't go, then this reaction would be justified. As it is, two arsonists are being jailed for 5 years. I'd say that the protests were as far as anyone needed to go.

I hated the government that was in power in Australia a couple of months ago. It was a government that moved Australia backwards, cut the Defence Force's pay for no reason, got rid of gay marriage after just a few days of it being legal, and had a terrible immigration policy that led to Australia being labeled as racist.

But that's still no reason for me to have gotten a gun, upload threatening videos to YouTube, and taken over a government building. Especially seeing as that governemnt was soon to be replaced... just like the government these people are upset with. The Obama government literally only has a few more months before becoming a footnote in the history books.

And there is absolutely nothing that justifies them putting their kids there. Frankly, that just screams 'Human shields' to me.

Frankly, I just want this situation over. And as I mentioned earlier, I overreacted in my previous post. Now that I've calmed down, I just want this thing over peacefully.