A gunman fired upon thousands of people attending a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip Sunday night, in a brutal attack that is blamed for at least 58 deaths, police say. In the mass shooting and panic that ensued, 515 people were injured. At least one of the dead is an off-duty police officer who was attending the concert.
Editorializing: Interesting how media always emphasize ISLAMIC terrorists, but downplay domestic terrorism as psychologically disturbed individual lone-wolfs.
(Score: 3, Informative) by MostCynical on Monday October 02 2017, @09:08PM
Machiavelli explains the use and threat of a large standing army very well..
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=1232 [upenn.edu]
Admittedly, he's describing it from the perspective of holding power, but opressing people is just the flip side.
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex