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In reply to the discussion: Oregon vs Wounded Knee [View all]

Snobblevitch

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6. You are wrong.
Tue Jan 5, 2016, 11:14 PM
Jan 2016

I know a person who was taken as a hostage. He was an employee of the USPS. They tied him to a chair for three days. They made him sit there in his own excrement. They did give him water.

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Oregon vs Wounded Knee [View all] H2O Man Jan 2016 OP
Did AIM take hostages? exboyfil Jan 2016 #1
No. H2O Man Jan 2016 #2
You are wrong. Snobblevitch Jan 2016 #6
Also the Gildersleeves exboyfil Jan 2016 #8
Respectfully disagree. H2O Man Jan 2016 #10
I know the man personally. Snobblevitch Jan 2016 #31
Right. H2O Man Jan 2016 #32
Wounded Knee also happened for an actual reason Nevernose Jan 2016 #3
Exactly! H2O Man Jan 2016 #4
Thank you, my dear H20 Man, for your clear lucid prose on these happenings. CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2016 #5
Thanks, Buddy! H2O Man Jan 2016 #12
I see no similarity Go Vols Jan 2016 #7
Right. H2O Man Jan 2016 #13
I thought I remembered that ending peacefully hfojvt Jan 2016 #9
Good point. H2O Man Jan 2016 #15
he somehow got elected though hfojvt Jan 2016 #29
He was "selected." H2O Man Jan 2016 #30
Thanks for another great post, H2O Man. Scuba Jan 2016 #11
Thanks, Scuba. H2O Man Jan 2016 #16
Thank you for this excellent piece. cali Jan 2016 #14
Thank you, cali! H2O Man Jan 2016 #18
Thanks, H. Your voice here is so informative and valuable cali Jan 2016 #20
While it is not H2O Man Jan 2016 #24
MOVE in Philly, The Branch Davidians in Waco, and other incidents changed law enforcement tactics. aikoaiko Jan 2016 #17
Good point. H2O Man Jan 2016 #19
Reminds me a lot of Kent State in that way. aikoaiko Jan 2016 #21
You raise another H2O Man Jan 2016 #22
The problem with considering MOVE analogous jberryhill Jan 2016 #28
Hey, that's my birthday. bigwillq Jan 2016 #23
It was also H2O Man Jan 2016 #25
I was up there (Pine Ridge) a couple years ago. progressoid Jan 2016 #26
Yep. H2O Man Jan 2016 #27
Thanks for a very thoughtful postR malaise Jan 2016 #33
Thank you! H2O Man Jan 2016 #34
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