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From: mcclary@netcom.com (Michael McClary)
Subject: Re: Who's next?  Mormons and Jews?
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In article <1r1118$4vs@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu> jlove@ivrit.ra.itd.umich.edu (Jack Love) writes:

>[] The Jews who found themselves alone against
>Rome on Masada faced a future which was infinitely bleaker than the one
>faced by the Branch Davidians. The latter, in reality, would likely
>have been charged with weapons violations and other sorts of crimes.
>Most of them would have likely gotten off entirely. It is highly
>unlikely that anyone other than Vernon Howell would have been been
>imprisoned for very long.

As members of a "cult" that "murdered" federal agents, I suspect the
government would "provide them with housing" with a "lease" longer
than that given to the followers of Charlie Manson.  Especially since
they have a much larger cheering section among the general population,
so the government has a lot more to prove.

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