Poll of the Day > Do you support how the government handled Waco?

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Lil_Mello
03/28/23 10:25:07 PM
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Krazy_Kirby
03/28/23 10:26:40 PM
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qVhCNgct9JQ

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papercup
03/28/23 10:38:48 PM
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Not really. The whole situation was pretty fucked up.

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Lil_Mello
03/28/23 11:24:03 PM
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Do you support the Branch Davidians?

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papercup
03/28/23 11:40:53 PM
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Lil_Mello posted...
Do you support the Branch Davidians?

No, I'm Catholic. But I think people should be free to believe what they want, and the government saw a bunch of weirdos in the desert and thought "Hey let's murder these people and take selfies with the corpses for shits and giggles."

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ReturnOfFa
03/28/23 11:46:28 PM
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It's too bad the FBI are so stupid they couldn't think of a sneakier way to arrest Koresh. I'd say he should've been arrested - he was running a religious cult where he fucked kids. Although I'd label a few US-specific branches of Catholocism as religious cults that fuck kids (child marriage), that's for sure. All the seige stuff is pretty intense. The final standoff was the FBI pumping in tear gas and not firing on anyone. They Branch Davidians lit fires that ended up killing a lot of them.

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captpackrat
03/29/23 7:12:12 AM
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Remembering the time that Google gave me this:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/7/5/AAQwHjAAEVEb.png

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SKARDAVNELNATE
03/29/23 10:56:39 AM
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As a general rule, the government getting involved is worse than the government leaving it alone.

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DeathMagnetic80
03/29/23 11:45:19 AM
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papercup posted...
No, I'm Catholic. But I think people should be free to believe what they want, and the government saw a bunch of weirdos in the desert and thought "Hey let's murder these people and take selfies with the corpses for shits and giggles."

It's a bit more complex than that. The problem wasn't a bunch of religious weirdos, it was reports of sexual abuse of children,as well as other abuse.
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wpot
03/29/23 12:16:57 PM
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I don't think there's anyone left in the FBI who thinks it was handled well at this point.

Really, though, it was a difficult situation. How do you handle a scenario where you suspect a fatalistic cult is committing significant crimes in a fortress of sorts? There's no easy answer.

...well, except for the right-wing answer anyways. "Leave them alone and ignore whatever sexual abuse/etc crimes may be occurring IF their cause is vaguely Christian or right-wing. If it's a different cause (Muslim, etc) shoot first and ask questions later (or, really, not at all). Oh, and make sure you DO attack a couple vaguely Christian cults from time to time so we can feel justified hoarding guns and vilifying the government".

Someone like, say...
SKARDAVNELNATE posted...
As a general rule, the government getting involved is worse than the government leaving it alone.

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VampireCoyote
03/29/23 12:44:30 PM
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I dunno, I was 8 they didnt consult with me at the time

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SKARDAVNELNATE
03/29/23 7:32:23 PM
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wpot posted...
except for the right-wing answer anyways. "Leave them alone and ignore whatever sexual abuse/etc crimes may be occurring IF their cause is vaguely Christian or right-wing. If it's a different cause (Muslim, etc) shoot first and ask questions later (or, really, not at all). Oh, and make sure you DO attack a couple vaguely Christian cults from time to time so we can feel justified hoarding guns and vilifying the government".

Someone like, say...
SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

That sounds more like a position adgl took last year. I'm no fan of organized religion.

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Jen0125
03/29/23 7:34:41 PM
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papercup posted...
Not really. The whole situation was pretty fucked up.

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