{"id":2888,"date":"2016-01-04T15:05:55","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T20:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/?p=2888"},"modified":"2016-01-04T15:07:41","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T20:07:41","slug":"quote-for-the-day-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/?p=2888","title":{"rendered":"Quote for the day"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is something repellent to me about the thought of the United States Government being obliged to lay siege to its own property — but so, too, is the thought of another Branch Davidian-like debacle. Jerry Coyne expresses my thinking precisely:<\/p>\n

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My solution: starve \u2019em out. Cut off the roads, cut off the water and electricity, and surround the compound. Eventually they\u2019ll either capitulate or, if they\u2019re stupid enough, come out firing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Just so. Stringently quarantine the property and permit only outbound traffic — with empty hands in the air. If they’d rather die of hunger, or dehydration, or some sickness, let ’em.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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