Well according to the law the Bundy's are the trespassers. According to the article I read none of the other ranchers are supporting the Bundy's because they all got permits to have their cows use public land to graze. The court issued a decision that said they were not allowed to have their cows graze on public land and they ignored it. Now I am not for the sniper action but in the article I read there were quotes from other ranchers criticizing the family. I am not a pro-government person either but I do believe in following the law and it seems like reasonable people could have avoid this situation.
I totally understand this point of view. Tbh, this was mine, entirely, before I spent time with them. Here are some FACTS that differ from the articles being written (someone has to feed the story to the 'journalists' (aka, bloggers) so it's not hard to see where they are getting their info.
1) The 'ranchers not supporting them' thing is TOTAL bs. I was there, with them, and there were hundreds of people there supporting them, including other ranchers (there are not many, at all, remaining). Nonetheless, they have far more local support than not. Of that I am certain.
2) These permit-paying ranchers are the johnny-come-lately's. They were not there grazing in the 1800's. Part of the Bundy's claims is they have been supporting their neighbors, when in need, with beef for more than a century and now they're being told they have to pay the federal government without any acknowledgment of their past good deeds.
I can see where the vast majority of Americans would find little to no sympathy for Clive Bundy. It's simply the law. However, we have been passively giving over more and more of our freedoms and inalienable rights to the federal government, continuously, for two centuries.. and now the pace has seemed to have quickened.
Alexis de Tocqueville rearing its head? Have we been 'recreated' to the point we've fallen asleep and simply get in line and follow the law regardless? The answer is yes.
A few questions.
Could the government possibly pass laws that are unconstitutional and unfair to the people?
Is there a point at which for you, personally, you draw the line and refuse to follow the law (think of China and baby girls)?
If there is a point we feel the government (other 'men') can cross into our civil liberties, what is that line.. and, specifically, do you believe that line is different for different people?
I TRULY believe we have become the cattle in America. UGLI is not the only robot on this forum. We are slowly handing over our rights and I fear too few people will have the eyes to see it in time... I am almost certain, in fact.
