In a message dated 3/27/2003 12:12:11 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I know in the frustration of caring so much, and being powerless to change > things, one sometimes resorts to the minutia of "well there are more of us > than there is of you", and "well justice is on our side". Really though, no > one cares on either side of the issue. > Jim If no one cares, why has there been a systematic and persistent effort over the years (and by all the corporate media, not just the Star Tribune) to either not report on antiwar actions or marginalize and diminish them as much as possible, while on the other hand, inflating and building up the pro war side? Considering that virtually all the media and the government controls the political debate in this country, the only voice that the antiwar side has is what we can mobilize in the streets. The pro war types don't have to demonstrate because their point of view is all that is ever heard or published. I'm sure that they and they and their sponsors (the GOP and the mass media conglomerate Open Channel Communications which owns WLOL, Q108 and Cities 97 among other radio stations) are pissed that the other side has managed to make itself heard despite the media blockade. That is why they are forced to put on these Nuremberg style rallies in response (that are anything but spontaneous). And if you think that is harsh, what about the violent booing that occurred when a Muslim woman attempted to read the Koran to the crowd? Your suggestion of billing demonstrators is not only a violation of the first amendment (we still have a first amendment despite the best efforts of your pals at the Capitol). Since cops attack and harass antiwar demonstrators far more frequently than the other side it disproportionately affect them. But that's the whole point, isn't it? Linda Mann Kingfield TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ 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
