Thus the Republic falls to applause: No Fly list and gun control

[Armonica_Templar]

...Nixon kept an Enemies List. Hitler kept an Enemies List. Mao kept an Enemies list... and now the US government
does the same. This is no longer the free land I was born in, nor the free land I fought for. It looks a lot more like
the old Soviet Union - they very folks we were fighting against back in the day.
The Republic has already fallen, without a shot even being fired...

My Gosh! Not a truer word spoken.

I cannot comment on the gun-control situation as I'm not of the USA, but there's another principle
that Ninurta points at in the above paragraph that I totally agree with.

The overall foundations that the USA is built on is constantly being undermined by the tactic of
conditioning people to only look at different facets of 'security-orientated' debates. Piece-by-piece,
your liberties have not only been eroded, in some cases, they have gone.

Yet the media -who only need snippets and news-bites for their rating-coveting businesses, deliver
the information in such a way that the entire landscape of your freedoms is never truly shown.
Hence it's gun-control, politically-correct leniency for certain belief structures, fear-mongering for
certain belief structures, alleged Police strong-arm tactics, racial and gender arguments and many,
many more.

All bars on the fencing for herding the sheep to the pen.
Said with respect.

me just about a decade ago

" Seaman XXXX, what in SAM H#$$ do you think you are doing!"

"Chief.. Say BAHHHHHH.. This sheep is putting on his wolf skin from the last mother F#$%er who messed with him.."

I learned my lessons on how those with power cheat and win

The perceived need for security even in the military has to be built on liberty
This led to a hour and half long debate

"Ok.. Then how many men are you gonna have to post on street corners to enforce it.. You yourself chief said to be smart about how you do things.. Think long term not short term when you chewed out Ensign XXXXXXXX.." After a short pause with pissed off looks on SEVERAL chief's faces and a smiling LT. just sitting there, "Hearts and minds.. Long term you require the trust of thee citizens and the people above you and below you.. So far this god D@#$ command is full of F#$%ing backstabbing morons and cu# guzzlers.. Not to mention their are a few females here.. So let me put this real simple.. How many people here would you trust with a rifle in their hands covering your six?" 
Silence as they looked at each other..
"How many people here would be dying for their country from friendly unfriendly fire? I can count those on one hand who I would do what they said to do immediately.. Those who I would make sure made it.."

This whole example in the article is nothing more then a low level Lt. follow masters orders