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Old 10-29-2006, 01:40 PM   #253
MaggieL
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Originally Posted by Pangloss62
Let's face it, guns make people feel and be powerful, but I don't think it's the power to stop genocide like one cellarite said.
Genocide is only a series of murders. Armed people are harder to kill. Most genocodes begin with disarming the targets.

Here's an account of how this applies in Darfur, since that's the example you chose.
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