In a message dated 11/29/2002 4:47:28 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> From what I observed on my lunch hour today, the ratio > of police to "Buy Nothing Day" demonstrators had as > many as three police to each demonstrator at times at > the Maul of America. Many of the demonstrators > focused on antisweatshop and campaigns against child > labor asking shopper's to check the labels of what > they buy and be more conscious about the impacts of > what they consume, whether to give as a gift or for > themselves. Considering that it has been our patriotic duty to shop otherwise the terrorists will have won, I am surprised the police presence at this event wasn't beefed up by the Homeland Security folks. Linda Mann Kingfield _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
