From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Apr 4 14: 2: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C64737BC61; Tue, 4 Apr 2000 14:02:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jbryant@ppp-207-193-2-60.kscymo.swbell.net) Received: from ppp-207-193-2-60.kscymo.swbell.net ([207.193.2.60]) by mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.2000.01.05.12.18.p9) with ESMTP id <0FSI00K7ZFEF86@mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net>; Tue, 4 Apr 2000 15:54:31 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from jbryant@localhost) by ppp-207-193-2-60.kscymo.swbell.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) id PAA89893; Tue, 04 Apr 2000 15:54:15 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 15:54:08 -0500 (CDT) From: Jim Bryant Subject: Re: Guns and freedom [Was: Re: On "intelligent people" and"dangers to BSD"] In-reply-to: <38E945ED.8FC1F4FE@mail.ptd.net> To: tms2@mail.ptd.net (Thomas M. Sommers) Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, jkh@freebsd.org Reply-To: kc5vdj@swbell.net Message-id: <200004042054.PAA89893@ppp-207-193-2-60.kscymo.swbell.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Windows: R00LZ!@# MS-Winbl0wz DR00LZ!@# X-files: The truth is that the X-Files is fiction X-Republican: The best kind!!! X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT #8: Sat Oct 30 00:56:56 CDT 1999 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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