Wasn't there a movie about this -- something with Patrick Swayze in it? -----Original Message----- From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Geary Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 12:39 PM To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Big Army versus Special Forces > Sort of like California only faster : ) You had me until that last sentence. Any of the 3 states along the Best Coast can stand as exemplars of how the world should live. I say it's worth the chance. Mike Geary Memphis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Yost" <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 1:46 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Big Army versus Special Forces > Mike replying to Brain: If we had no army at all, I wonder what would > happen? > > Invasion and conquest by countries with armies. Local occupation armies > fighting small groups of ex-hunter, ex-police and ex-military insurgents > in the forests. Destruction of free press and imposed military censorship. > Relocation camps. Slave armies. Destruction of libraries. Somewhat like > Iraq only much worse. Somewhat like China under the Japanese. Somewhat > like France under the Vichy. > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html