Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 15:54:08 -0500 (CDT) From: Jim Bryant <jbryant@ppp-207-193-2-60.kscymo.swbell.net> To: tms2@mail.ptd.net (Thomas M. Sommers) Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, jkh@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Guns and freedom [Was: Re: On "intelligent people" and"dangers to BSD"] Message-ID: <200004042054.PAA89893@ppp-207-193-2-60.kscymo.swbell.net> In-Reply-To: <38E945ED.8FC1F4FE@mail.ptd.net>
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In reply: > Mark Spiegel wrote: > > > > Gates?!?!? that paper shuffler was hiding in his tent when > > the battle took place. Benedict Arnold, the later infamous > > traitor, became famous for leading the colonists to victory > > at Saratoga. > > > > And the troops he led were overwhelmingly MILITIA. > > > > Washington explicitly called for the militia to turn back > > Bourgoyne because he couldn't spare more than the corps of > > sharpshooters he did send. These few and whatever stragglers > > there were from the loss of Fort Ticonderoga were the only > > army regulars. > > Can you point me to a good OB for the battle? The sources I checked are > pretty vague, but suggest that the militia was in the minority. The > sources could be wrong, or I could be misinterpreting them. Ever read Federalist #26, how about #85? 18 USC Sec. 2384, 2385...? This discussion has no bearing to freebsd, please take it to alt.conspiracy, alt.lets.overthrow.the.government, or some other appropriate venue [for those that know what a militia really is, try alt.history]. There's my two cents. jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ kc5vdj@swbell.net KC5VDJ - HF to 23cm KC5VDJ@NW0I.#NEKS.KS.USA.NOAM HF/VHF: IC-706MkII VHF/UHF/SHF: IC-T81A KPC3+ & PK-232MBX Grid: EM28px ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ET has one helluva sense of humor, always anal-probing right-wing schizos! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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