I place blame where blame is due. And I don't consider being called a hippie an insult, so you can put that one back in your insult bag.
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:343287 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
