Quote Originally Posted by KukriKhan View Post
I hope you're wrong about that. But I admit, the more I look about for support, or like-minded opposition to my government, the more eyes I see glazed over. So I wonder: when the day comes, will I be alone?
I wish I was wrong as well, but look at the development of this topic. Lots of US posters angry at blatant misuses of power by gestapo-like policemen, but not even a mention of citizens out on the streets protesting, let alone armed insurrection.

And the efficacy argument seems to be doomed by history as well. The only time I can see where citizens of the United States collectively took up arms against the interference of a government they felt had overstepped its powers, they got stamped into the ground by that government. It took a few years, but they comprehensively lost.

The wonderful thing about the US is of course that which was noted some posts before. Incredible changes in the fabric of society have been effected, but via peaceful marches, protests, and the ballot box. The only guns brought to those parties were carried by the government, and proved ineffective against the will of people prepared to die for their beliefs.