Are you hippies still blaming Nixon for that? Move on.
. On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 6:32 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 t ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:343285 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
