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Old 02-20-2014, 8:55 PM
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Originally Posted by chenger View Post
This reminds me of U.S. isolationist policy in the 1900s. When the Nazis came to power and many Americans said "Germany's house, Germany's rules." We know what happened next.

Is it OK for the world to watch North Korea imprison and kill its people without due process? Or it's their house and not our problem?

The reality, as I see it, is that countries are always trying to convey what they feel is right or wrong, just as many of us here would promote 2A-style freedoms in other countries, against the opinions of many. The tricky part is minding the balance between isolationism vs imperialism. Sometimes the extremes are what is necessary for change (e.g. embargoes, war, etc), but not always.

My main point is that guns could be used to help protect a minority from a tyrannical government.
There are three kinds of people in this world - 1) People who knew that putting dogs and fire hoses on people who were protesting for equal rights 50 years ago (and busting heads too) was not cool. 2) People who did think it was cool at the time and now think differently. 3) People who thought it was cool then and still think it was cool. Same principle can be applied to most any subject.
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