I did a bit of anti-war and civil rights protesting back in the day. The protests were a lot of fun until the cops showed up with the tear gas. All of the fun stopped when Kent State happened. Nixon seriously hated the anti-war movement, and sic'd his goons on it in full force. After that, whatever protests we did happened in a atmosphere of fear - who would kill us next?
Still I think non-violent protest has a deep and abiding place in our political structure, and if you read the works of Gandhi and Martin Luther King the purpose becomes clear. Even the Boston Tea Party, which so many claim to emulate today, was a version of protest. We as a people must be allowed to gather and speak our views. Must Be Allowed. There is perhaps no more productive use of our time. On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 1:41 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > People don't like to admit this, but protests are almost always constituted > by a large number of "sheeple".....people who maybe kinda know what the > protest is supposed to be about, but are really there for some other > reason....be it boredom, confusion, general mischief, whatever. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:343284 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
