Re: FW: Re Krystallnacht in Seattle(?)

[Victor Milne]

>
> Is "Krystallnacht" really an appropriate word to apply
> to what happened in Seattle?  Of course I wasn't
> there, so maybe it *is* entirely apposite.  But
> my guess, so far, is it isn't.
>
No, not particularly, as far as I know. Ed Weick said the broken windows
made him think of Krystallnacht, and I picked it up as an image of what
could happen if revolutionary fervour went astray as has been known to
happen in the past.

Victor