History in our own time - WACO & Ruby Ridge

Last night, I watched a 6 part Netflix series on the Waco tragedy.  
I remember it all, of course, vaguely, but I never saw the inside story to whatever degree this can be called the inside story.  I call it that because the series was based on two books, two points of view:  one of the cult members wrote a memoir of his survival, and the hostage negotiator working for the FBI wrote his version in a book.  I wrote the titles of the books somewhere on a scrap of paper but I don't know where it is now.  The survivor's name was Thibodeaux and the FBI negotiator's name was Noesser.  
Interestingly to me, they began with the stand-off at Ruby Ridge, where, once again, some innocent woman was killed in the prideful rage stand-off between two violent and deranged men.
Speaking personally, when I found myself in a situation with a man who seemed incapable of controlling his rage, I got out.  I only wish the women in both of those situations would have had the strength and faith to get out and find help.  They stayed and they died and their children died with them.
Also, some interesting points to me were the considerations of using military force agains our own citizens especially when they haven't actually committed a crime yet.  It was suspected that both of those places were stockpiling guns and the spark that set off the explosion was when the agents tried to execute search warrants to determine if there was s stockpiling of weapons.  The men didn't want their private territory invaded, and the agents would tolerate NO resistance.  At Ruby Ridge, the wife/mother and her son died, and at Waco, a total of 76 people (maybe more) were gassed and burned, trapped in their bunker, twenty-five of them were children.
A point that was being made about, I think, by showing this series at this time, between the Ruby Ride incident, the Waco tragedy and the rise of the Right Wing.  You could see their point.  We are supposed to be protected by the law from search and seizure and violence.  We are supposed to be protected by proper procedure when we are accused of a crime.
You can also see how the provocations of a mad man in a death struggle with a hyper-controlling, rigid personality of another man can set off a violence storm that ends with innocent people suffering and dying.  
It is astonishing to me that anyone believes in a messiah, or views the bible as anything more than a historic document of the upheavals of a period of history in Judea and the ancient world.  Then, poor individuals who have inherited a variety of chemically induced unbalance or dysfunctional brains, suffering mental illnesses that causes them to hear voices and think they are chosen representatives of some almighty creation figure are somehow able to persuade weaker people to follow in their delusion.  That first 'prophet' showed them the path that evolves from that trip - you preach, people follow you, the state steps in and kills you.
The eternal war between Caesar and God, King and Creator.
Watching MSNBC now to catch up on what's going on - the topic is as it has been for some time now, TESTING!  Who is going to provide for it and how is it going to be put into effect and how will it enable re-opening stores and restaurants.
They are saying it will probably begin with smaller commuities where it will be possible to test, since we have so few numbers of test kits.  But so far, it isn't being done.
Happy Trails, Living in Historical Moments
Jo Ann
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