GET TOUGH!
DO 2470
9/88
(After reading of an antagonistic reporter sicced on one of our properties by our enemies:)
1. THAT DAMN REPORTER'S BEEN SO PERSISTENT, & they've already let him know that he's not exactly welcome, so I think they're going to have to start getting quite FIRM with him!
2. I'LL TELL YOU, WE NEED TO START HANDLING OUR ENEMIES TOUGH! They've been tough enough with US, and we need to start FIGHTING! Let's start fighting! I wouldn't hesitate to tell guys like that who get too persistent, "If you come on this property again you're going to get booted out of here! We'll have some men waiting here to throw you out!"
3. THERE'S ONLY ONE THING THAT THE DEVIL & HIS CROWD UNDERSTAND, & that's GET TOUGH! What did Jesus do when the moneychangers came into the Temple & He got fed up with them? He did it several times! He took a whip & beat up on them & tipped over their tables & made'm lose money & the works!--Mt.21:12; Jn.2:15; Mk.11:15.
4. SO THERE COMES A TIME TO GET TOUGH! When they get that persistent & keep coming & keep trying to sell their dirty books, that is when you throw'm out , books & all, & I mean it! When it comes to open warfare, what have you got to lose? They're already on your trail attacking, and they're going to smear you somehow anyhow, so why not sock it to'm?
5. LET'S QUIT TRYING TO ALWAYS BE MR. NICE GUY THAT HAS A REPUTATION OF MR. MILQUETOAST & "keep sweet & keep the peace" & blah blah! They should just tell'm, "You come around here again & you're going to get thrown OUT! We don't want you here! We've tried to be nice, we've been polite, we've gone the second mile, we've turned the other cheek, now we're going to sock BACK, period! Now get OUT! You're not going to get another God-damned thing out of us, NOTHING! We FIGHT!" Threaten'm! They can put that in their article, but that'll be good news that our enemies need to hear!
6. LET ME TELL YOU, I HAVE BEEN THROUGH SOME FIGHTS & BATTLES & FRACASES IN MY TIME where we fought back with whatever was necessary! There comes a time when God's servants have to pick up the SWORD! [Lk.11:21.] Jesus' disciples pulled out two swords & He said, "It's ENOUGH!"--Lk.22:36,38. In other words, how much more do you need than two swords in a group of 12 men? If you have more, they're going to charge you with being terrorists or an army or something, but if you only have two swords, that's for your protection, self-defence!
7. WHILE YOU'VE GOT FRIENDS & PEOPLE WHO KNOW YOU & like you & everything else, they would certainly understand if you got tough! Once they know who it is that's harassing you, especially when it's a reporter from a known shitsheet, I think they'd stand behind you!
A TIME TO FIGHT!
8. SO THERE'S A TIME WHEN YOU'VE GOTTA FIGHT! And there's only one thing that those bozos understand, & that's FORCE! And if you don't actually do it, you can at least THREATEN it. You can threaten it in a way they don't really know WHAT you're threatening, but they can guess & fear. If they have trouble with people like that at our Schools or Homes, if I were there I'd be willing to get out & fight myself!
9. SEE, IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY WITH REPORTERS, they're not the police. Of course, that's why they can get away with a lot of things even the cops can't get away with. Cops don't come around harassing our Family & wanting information like that just so they can smear us. The cops are here to defend us & will as long as we obey the law & don't bother the System. But these other guys, they've got no principles, no conscience, no compunction, nothing! They are the Devil's own & they will go to any lengths including KILLING you if they thought they could get away with it!
10. SO DON'T HAVE ANY ILLUSIONS ABOUT SUCH PEOPLE! They are MONSTERS, they are EVIL, they are DEMONS, & the only thing they understand is FORCE!--And that's what they need to GET if they go too far! The cops will even excuse you for it. Just tell'm, "Well, we were protecting our women & our children!"
11. THIS IS A ROUGH BUSINESS, I'VE BEEN THROUGH IT BEFORE! Some of these Combo properties of ours may get to the point where they're going to have to have 24-hour guards there all night patrolling those places! People like that don't mind trying anything, throwing rocks through your windows & banging up your car or anything just to terrorise you! TERROR, that's their business! Well, brother, you need to terrorise THEM & let'm know you're not going to take it!
SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE!
12. YOU'VE GOTTA SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE! When THEY get rough, YOU'VE gotta get TOUGHER! When the goin' gets tough, the tough get goin', & THEY get tough too! (Maria: Sometimes, if possible, you've got to WARN'M in advance what you're going to do if they try anything.) Oh yes! That's why I put that little warning at the end of that "20/20" rebuttal Letter, that we are going to FIGHT & lay down our LIVES to protect our children! That implied [force] right there. (Maria: A THREAT. ) Yes, exactly. "And if you come here & cause any trouble, you're going to wish you never had!" They don't know what you're going to do, see, you can make it indefinite, "So you'd better NOT come!"
13. IT'S NOT THE POLICE THAT YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT, they have to do everything LEGALLY & just so, according to the law, & they're usually your friends. They're on your side, they're trying to PREVENT trouble. It's guys like that reporter, the LAWLESS ones who don't give a damn & will try to give you trouble & who will do anything, throw rocks, come with clubs & whatnot & say, "We're going to 'rescue' your children, we're going to close down this place, blah blah!" You just say, "We're READY for you, come on! We would just love to knock your blocks off! You just come on! Our wives & our children are here, these are OUR kids, & we are going to defend them to the DEATH! You just try it & see what happens! If you come here or cause any trouble, you are going to have WAR!" That's all they understand!
BE PREPARED TO FIGHT!
14. I'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS ALL MY LIFE, I'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN! I'll tell you, we never would have survived at Huntington Beach without the help of a tough bunch of kids, a GANG, a former drug gang led by Shad! He was the head of this whole gang of toughies. And brother, they passed the word around to any potential troublemakers that, "You'd better stay away from the Club & quit bothering us or we're going to get on your case!"--or we probably wouldn't have survived there. A lot of those guys didn't like us, "These Jesus freaks," & were threatening, "We're going to come in there & mess things up some night," & they did come in there a couple of times.
15. YOU'VE GOTTA BE PREPARED TO GET TOUGH! Now with guys like that snooping around our Family properties, I would suggest they may need some guards. They can take turns watching, just in case they decide to come & try to make trouble, harass & try to terrorise you. Let me tell you, those cowboys & those drunks from Mingus soon found out that we were prepared to defend ourselves & to shoot [over their heads with legally owned firearms], & we DID! And they soon simmered down & stayed away. We had a lot of friends too, who proclaimed themselves on our side. A lot of the ranchers around there liked us. We never hurt their livestock or anything. And when the news hounds finally descended on us there at TSC, nobody had a bad word to say about us. Everybody had nothing but good to say about us, PTL!
16. I HOPE THE SAME THING WILL BE TRUE WITH THE NEIGHBOURS AROUND OUR COMBO PROPERTIES. Because if reporters are really out to get you, that's one of the next things, if you refuse to personally have anything more to do with them, they'll probably start going around to your neighbours trying to get stuff off of them & fill them full of their lies & shit! So watch out! So that's always a time for good PR, & as I said, it's a time to warn your enemies that you are ready to FIGHT, "So stay out, stay off!" PTL!
USE WISDOM!--KNOW WHO YOUR FRIENDS & ENEMIES ARE!
17. (MARIA: OUR PEOPLE ARE SUCH EXTREMISTS, IF YOU TELL THEM THIS, EVERY REPORTER THEY LOOK AT FROM NOW ON, THEY'LL TAKE A VERY ANTAGONISTIC STANCE TOWARDS THEM. They have to realise that they need to first know & understand each particular individual situation BEFORE they judge it or act rashly.) Yes. They have got to sound people out as to whether they're FRIENDLY or ANTAGONISTIC. Of course, those guys usually put on a friendly false front for awhile, but when we've finally gone far enough--they asked for a coat & we gave them our vest too, & they still aren't satisfied & they keep coming back & then start getting tough & showing their true colours, what they're really after, THEN you can slam the door & you warn'm to stay away!
18. YOU DON'T SLAM THE DOOR IN EVERY REPORTER'S FACE, because some of them will be good publicity for you, some will take your side & write good articles. So you've got to sniff'm out first, until you find out where they stand & whether they're favourable or just out to try to smear you. As soon as you see they're going the WRONG direction, just clam up & shut'm out & that's it, & warn'm to stay away.
19. (MARIA: WE HAVE AS MUCH RIGHT TO ASK THEM QUESTIONS AS THEY HAVE TO ASK US QUESTIONS! We need to find out where they are at & what they're up to.) Yes, why not ask them: "Who's BACKING you? Who sicced you on us, anyhow? What are you AFTER? What are you going to DO with this story? Are you FRIEND or FOE?" You might as well come out & sock it to'm! If they're asking you a lot of strange questions & that sort of thing, just say, "Who the Hell wants to know?" Don't be afraid to go after'm!
20. THERE'S ONLY SO FAR YOU CAN GO ON THE DEFENSIVE, & the defensive isn't enough. You've gotta go on the ATTACK! But you've just gotta make SURE who your enemy is & WHO you're attacking & be careful you don't attack one of your potential FRIENDS! Just because people ask questions doesn't always mean they're an enemy.--Pray for WISDOM & DISCERNMENT!
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