Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

26 Apr 2003, 19:46 p.m.

You, meaning I, always hear about the Ruby Ridge fiasco…

Hi, reader. I wrote this in 2003 and it's now more than five years old. So it may be very out of date; the world, and I, have changed a lot since I wrote it! I'm keeping this up for historical archive purposes, but the me of today may 100% disagree with what I said then. I rarely edit posts after publishing them, but if I do, I usually leave a note in italics to mark the edit and the reason. If this post is particularly offensive or breaches someone's privacy, please contact me.

You, meaning I, always hear about the Ruby Ridge fiasco in the same breath as Waco, so I had no idea of the lopsided, breathtaking horror of the thing. An article from a pretty reliable source explains to me exactly why I shouldn't trust the government further than I can regulate it.