On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
> </geezer>
>
> What ever happened to non-violence? A silent march is way more
> impressive than a bunch of unwashed, masked, drum-beating,
> giant-puppet toting, tomato-costume-wearing punks. In my day, we
> dressed up to march. Sunday best, to show The Man we were there to
> politely point out the error of his ways, and by God we got stuff
> done!
>
> These kids today, with their long hair and their Rock and Roll
> music...
>
> <geezer/>
My sister has the attitude when she goes out and protests that it's
something of a sacrement (I'm not kidding, that's the word she used) and
so she should dress nicely. She was questioned by someone dressed a lot
more sloppily than she when she was at Ft. Benning and gave that
explanation. This can lead to people not identifying her with a group of
protesters and treating her differently than they would if they knew she
was there to protest.
Oh, and she does have long hair. :) (But she wears it tidily.)
Julia
