Dave Smith wrote:
>
> On 18/07/2011 4:43 PM, Pete C. wrote:
>
> >> Sign me up. I must be one of them too. When I read about some of those
> >> weird militias and their need for weapons to rise up against the
> >> government and its assault on constitutional rights, I have to say that
> >> they aren't the type of people I want fighting on my behalf and ending
> >> up in charge.
> >
> > You hear about those "weird militias" because that is what the media
> > chooses to hype up. It is the fact those those "weird militias"
> > throughout the country add up to about 100 mostly geriatric people that
> > the media chooses to ignore.
>
> No no. The fact is that your factoid is bullshit. It is hard to accept
> that they consist of 100 mostly geriatric people when there are more
> than 800 militias. They may be a bunch of fat stupid fundamentalist
> radicals, but they sure are hell aren't just a few dozen geriatrics.

You referred to "weird militias", and as I note there are very few of
them. If you are trying to claim that every sort of group that someone
labels a "militia" is a bunch of kooks you are quite incorrect, and
indeed many of those groups don't even call themselves that.