I suppose this is always the way it is with those who start the wars. They simply can't or won't see what the unintended consequences of their actions are going to be, even when others are completely unsurprised and even predict it publicly. Which brings me, as many of you familiar with my work have probably already guessed where I was heading, to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.Mindful Musings brings us Mike Vanderboegh's observations following the most recent Olofson outrage.
Mike wrote me via separate email:
Olofson's sentencing has hit me pretty hard. They really don't understand that old saw about sowing the wind and reaping the whirlwind, do they? God what ignorant arrogant asses. Where is the adult supervision here?
I think the adult supervision is pulling the strings.
I don't think it that far fetched to imagine a physical reaction is exactly what some in authority want--to provoke a weak link into snapping, and exploiting that to their advantage and against ours. And I don't think such calculating minds would think twice about sacrificing a few of their own pawns, and, in fact would require it as part of their strategy.
All decent men are outraged by what is developing around us by design. Let us be prudent in how we express that outrage, lest we play into the hands of creatures counting on a misstep.
Now go read Mike's great new article.