On Jan 9, 8:24*pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:
"D Peter Maus" wrote in ...

Billy Burpelson wrote:
D Peter Maus wrote:

* Yes, I did make a point. Whether you left voluntarily, or you were
removed at gun point, is a semantic matter-- the point is that you did
not stay and fight.

* The issue is not whether he left or was removed. The issue is whether,
by not being there, he can't claim great risk as defender of democracy.

I took the risk by speaking out while there. The effect of doing so was the
loss of everything I had, including the right to live where I wanted to
live.

I don't think being a stool pigeon counts as "speaking out", Tardo.
Even though the effect of doing so was getting out alive.