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From: pyron@skndiv.dseg.ti.com (Dillon Pyron)
Subject: Re: Riddle me this...
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Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 21:50:08 GMT


In article <1r1die$4t@transfer.stratus.com>, cdt@sw.stratus.com (C. D. Tavares) writes:
>In article <1993Apr20.050550.4660@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca>, j979@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (FULLER  M) writes:
>
>> Yet, the FBI mouthpiece at this afternoon's press conference characterized
>> the quantity of CS gas pumped into the building as "massive", and speculated
>> that after a few hours of exposure any Davidian gas masks would become
>> useless.
>> 
>> Does this sound "not harmful" to you?
>
>Hm.  A previous poster argued that the fact that the BD's did not rush to
>escape the burning building indicated that it was they, and not any of the
>government actions, that started the fire.  On the other hand, I wonder if,
>with a face full of "massive amounts of CS," *I* would be able to escape
>a burning tinder-box like that ranch house assuming my best efforts.

Imagine, you have been under seige for almost two months by an enemy which you
believe wants to kill you.  Suddenly, they pump tear gas into your building and
punch holes in it with tanks.  Then a fire breaks out.  Do you run outside to
be slaughtered, or stay and face your fate.

Check Ethiopia vs. Italy in WWII for some answers to that question.
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