"Julian D." wrote in message
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On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 03:11:28 GMT, "Jeff McCann"
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"Julian D." wrote in message
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On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 16:52:12 -0700, jps wrote:
In article ,
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I despise malcontent protesters.
Well then, you're probably not the best person to consider the
consequences of such action, are you?
jps
I'm wise enough to avoid doing anything that would get my skull
crushed by a police baton.
It takes real guts to confront the cops in a peaceful protest. It wasn't
so
long ago that swinging batons, firehoses, tear gas, and attack dogs were
the
all too common approach to dissent. Very recently, we saw official
intimidation and unlawful detentions used against protester in NYC.
Standing up to be counted is a dangerous undertaking, even in our
supposedly
enlightened era. But sometimes it just has to be done, and that means
somebody has to find the guts to do it.
To do what? Show off to the American electorate what a bunch of
anti-American, anti-capitalist, socialist nitwits you guys are?
The protests accomplished NOTHING positive for your side. It helped
Bush.
I was thinking more of, for example, civil rights protesters in Alabama or
the guy that stood up to that Chinese tank. I wasn't in NY, but I wasn't
impressed by the various protests there, either. Of course, that doesn't
excuse the intimidation tactics or the illegal detentions used against them.
Jeff
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