Jack T. Tripper

August 2012

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Ok thank you for the explanation. If you would like you can remove the question from the Police State talk page. So what happens if nobody responds? Would you be willing to compromise and allow 16 sentences to adequately get the position described? If not in your opinion what would be an appropriate amount of material devoted to the minority claim that the US is headed for and exhibiting signs of becoming a police state? Jack T. Tripper (talk) 19:02, 17 September 2012 (UTC)