Theos-Talk Archives (July 2004 Message tt00179)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Bart Lidofsky <bartl@s...> wrote:
> The initial search warrant was based on perjury by government 
> officials. The child abuse charges were from a divorce case

Janet Reno thought David Koresh had more girl friends than she did. 
She also believed some of them were underage. Aside from the fact 
that she was probably envious of Koresh, her belief was consistent 
with what we know about how these cults operate.

> had been investigated several times, and no evidence of child abuse 
had 
> been found.

Childten sre yaken out of abusive environments even when there is not 
sufficient evidence for criminal prosecution. Janet Reno had Elio 
Gonzalez snatched without first filing a criminal charge against his 
caretakers.

> And the group had fewer guns per capita than the average Texan.

So does an aberage Marine battalion in Iraq.

> The only reason why several of the surviving members were convicted 
was 
> that, according to Texas law, it is a crime to assault a law 
enforcement 
> officer, e
ven when it's self-defense, and even when the law enforcement 
> officer is acting illegally.

Shooting cops does tend to be frowned upon in Texas. It iis a fairly 
liberal state where shooting people is concerned, though. You 
probably know that if a man catches his wife with her lover in 
flagrante delicto he has the legal right to shoot both of them. 
Years ago someone in the legislature protested that this was rawtha 
anachronistic. His fellow legislators agreed and amended the law to 
extend the same right to a woman who catches her husband in the same 
embrace. So there is no double standard regarding justifiable 
homicide anymore, or not in Texas anyway.

I don't think it is illegal to raid an armed encampment if there is 
illegal ownership of weapons there. Stupid, yes, especially the way 
they bungled it. But I thought this was a federal matter. Are you 
saying it was the State of Tecas which was after these kooks? Was 
your man George W. Bush governor then?