'The Window War' -- Coming Soon To A Window Near You

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'The Window War' - Coming Soon To A Window Near You
by DustoneGT (libertarian)
Thursday, July 23, 2009

What would happen if three percent of American gun owners or maybe even three percent of the American public decided they were ready to take things to the next level with minor breaches of the law?

When British colonists put on the clothing of the Native American and walked out into the ships in Boston's harbor, they weren't there to protest peacefully or be law-abiding citizens.

The message they sent the King of England was simple: "If the law no longer protects our interests, it will no longer protect yours." They let him know that the days of a peaceful and law-abiding citizenry had come to a close in the face of evil and corrupt laws.

Fast forward to 2009. Conservatives and others angry at the recent government actions gathered en masse in many cities to protest peacefully and dubbed these events TEA Parties, but unfortunately the message they sent was far different: "We are unhappy with current government policy, but will continue to abide by the law and work within the corrupt political system."

This is about to change. Many citizens, upset at the lack of results from peaceful things such as voting, calling and writing government officials and even mass protests are about to turn to the time-honored American tradition of minor law-breaking in the form of vandalism and property damage.

It all starts with a short piece of fiction called 'The Window War' by blogger Mike Vanderboegh. In it, a citizen facing similar frustrations writes a small message on a rock and hurls it through his local Republican party headquarters. Realizing that he felt betrayed by the Republicans because he expected better of them, he also destroys the glass over at the Democrat's HQ because they are also a big part of the problem.

In the following days, the town's newspaper editor makes it his personal quest to ridicule the person who threw the rock, but in so doing manages to get his story onto the national wires and spread the idea to the rest of the country. Democrat and Republican windows across the country begin to feel the hurt in the weeks that follow.

This ten-year-old piece of freedom fiction is starting to get popular again. The story has found its way onto many forums and other interactive sites by way of copy and paste, with some suggesting that the Tea Party of 1773 could be repeated in this fashion.

But what would push otherwise law-abiding citizens to this kind of behavior? Would a thing like a senator calling the police and having them remove peaceful protesters from public property after she felt 'threatened' do it?

In response to the above incident, Western Rifle Shooters Association is asking whether anybody yet has the guts to throw a few of these:

But what does the 'III' on the rock mean?

"Three Percenters today do not claim that we represent 3% of the American people, although we might. That theory has not yet been tested. We DO claim that we represent at least 3% of American gun owners, which is still a healthy number somewhere in the neighborhood of 3 million people. History, for good or ill, is made by determined minorities. We are one such minority. So too are the current enemies of the Founders' Republic. What remains, then, is the test of will and skill to determine who shall shape the future of our nation.The Three Percent today are gun owners who will not disarm, will not compromise and will no longer back up at the passage of the next gun control act. Three Percenters say quite explicitly that we will not obey any further circumscription of our traditional liberties and will defend ourselves if attacked. We intend to maintain our God-given natural rights to liberty and property, and that means most especially the right to keep and bear arms. Thus, we are committed to the restoration of the Founders' Republic, and are willing to fight, die and, if forced by any would-be oppressor, to kill in the defense of ourselves and the Constitution that we all took an oath to uphold against enemies foreign and domestic.We are the people that the collectivists who now control the government should leave alone if they wish to continue unfettered oxygen consumption. We are the Three Percent. Attempt to further oppress us at your peril."

Read the rest of 'What is a Three Percenter?' here.

What would happen if three percent of American gun owners or maybe even three percent of the American public decided they were ready to take things to the next level with minor breaches of the law?

It's doubtful the damage would be limited to the headquarters of political parties and the offices of the house and the senate in their districts. Expect to see damage at the multitudes of new offices, which have sent forth swarms of officers to harass our people and eat out their substance in recent decades. Many an alphabet agency's windows are likely to get in on the action. 'The Window War' also hints that private residences are likewise on the list.

It is unclear what would happen after that, but it looks like we are about to find out.

Audentes fortuna iuvat.