Proud to be an American/Antiwar Demonstration

True Americans?

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The story no one wants to hear about the antiwar movement.

By Byron York, from the February 10, 2003, issue of National Review
 
 
When thousands of protesters marched down Pennsylvania Avenue during the big antiwar demonstration in Washington on January 18, they just happened to pass the national headquarters of the College Republicans. And on that afternoon there just happened to be some young Republicans inside, drinking wine and hanging out. When they heard all the commotion outside and saw the protest going by — they hadn\'t known their office was on the route — they couldn\'t help making a statement.

The students pulled a dry-erase board off the wall and wrote a simple message: "Hippies Go Home." They took it out to their second-floor balcony overlooking the march, and what followed was what diplomats sometimes call a frank exchange of ideas.

"F*** YOU!" a group of the protesters yelled. "Nazis!" someone shouted. Others began chanting: "Hey hey! Ho ho! Yuppie f***s have got to go!" The College Republicans seemed to enjoy it all, smiling and waving and making peace signs. They enjoyed it so much that after a while, they found another board and made a sign that said: "Saddam Kills." That seemed to particularly agitate the protesters. "Bush kills too!" they screamed. "Bush kills too!"

Link this if you want to read more!

Just in case, insert penis(get it)joke here _______________.

Now we that we have that out of the way, whatta ya think?

Ace

Um... think about what? The demonstration? The drunk republicans?

The true backers of this so called antiwar protest.

Atiwar? So, they prefer nVidea eh? j/k

I think it\'s quite pointless to demonstrate... who cares what they think. The government doesn\'t anyway.

EDIT: Aww, you edited your post.

Sounds like the organization is rather hypocritical.

I don\'t understand the point of that story.

Me neither. But I think it\'s something about the demonstrators being \'evil/stupid/hypocrites/silly/insert another negative word here\' because some of them badmouthed the republicans...

Then again, I didn\'t bother reading the whole story.

Originally posted by Samwise
Me neither. But I think it\'s something about the demonstrators being \'evil/stupid/hypocrites/silly/insert another negative word here\' because some of them badmouthed the republicans...

Then again, I didn\'t bother reading the whole story.

me too

what is the story about ?

if its a demonstrator Bashing thread

Then its quite pointless..because its the Democratic right of everyone to express themself in a peaceful demonstration, despite the fact that we (the people in the US and UK live in a Police State).

oh and before someone try\'s that in here in Off Topic.. then don\'t

you lost all your rights to free speach the second you clicked on the I agree button when you joined the forum

but in the real world you can demonstrate against anything you want... just as long as its peaceful.

What are these police state comments that I hear especially from mm.

Can someone explain?

Ace

I think I\'ll travel to Iraq and demonstrate against Saddam in his front yard.

The only problem is to find the one of numerous mansions he\'s using when I arrive...

I have an issue with those that feel Bush is a murderer. He may be ordering the deaths of those over seas but at least he is doing so under the legalities formed under the government policies not only formed by our government but those of Europe as well. To me that seems better than crashing a few planes into large buildings being occupied by thousands of innocent people. It’s amazing how much short term memory these protestors have and how little long term memory they have. I still have not forgotten what they did to us; I hope that none of you have forgotten. I’m not condoning senseless violence but justice must be served. Just watching them sing and dance in the faces of all those who were senselessly victimized by the attacks on September 11th makes me SICK!

oh and before someone try\'s that in here in Off Topic.. then don\'t

you lost all your rights to free speach the second you clicked on the I agree button when you joined the forum

ooseven, do we really need to be reminded of that so often? Does saying things like that make you feel good? I’m sure that comments like that are not absolutely necessary not to mention that it may deter any good wholesome poster from joining the forums. Try thinking of more creative ways to sound all-powerful okay? Or better yet, post another “sticky” thread that only you can post in so that you can post such comments.

No offense, but I just don’t think it’s necessary to be like that to the general public here in OT.

Saddam Hussein is a ruthless madman/killer/psychopath and he needs to be taught a lesson... every one knows it\'s gonna end in a war - nomatter the reasons, I\'m glad if he gets what he deserves (for killing/gassing/torturing/etc. innocent people; men, women and children).

Originally posted by Ace
What are these police state comments that I hear especially from mm.

Can someone explain?

Ace

oh the arrival of the CCTV “big Brother” nation.

The Call from some to scrap the right to trial by jury  

A Enforce to Tax rather enforce for Justice
(in the UK ..they never put Speed Cameras in accident black spots but in locations where they know they can catch people speeding easy i.e. sections of the motorway..etc…)

Death of Privacy.. as in years ago.
 
and the slow Corrosion of democracy  

Etc etc etc

Originally posted by project86
I still have not forgotten what they did to us; I hope that none of you have forgotten. I’m not condoning senseless violence but justice must be served. Just watching them sing and dance in the faces of all those who were senselessly victimized by the attacks on September 11th makes me SICK!

WHo is they?? Not Iraq. Yet most of the US population is happy and Bush has dropped all plans as far as going after the ones that did that. Funny how afghanistan just disapeared from everyones vocabulary, yet Bin Laden is free to roam.

I do not want to hear about how he is hiding. Of course he is, thats what terrorists do. They will continue to do so and they wont be gotten rid of. We just bombed them for the simple fact that we could. Its like putting a bandaid on a gunshot wound.

Iraq has little to do with those incidents except how Saddam rewards the families of terrorists. Funny how Saddams name wasnt mentioned when bush was running for president, even funnier is the fact that his name wasnt mentioned untill after 9/11. Bush was just looking for ANY excuse to finish what his father didnt.

Im not saying Saddam shouldnt be dead, but there are ways to go about this without destroying an entire country. While they are at it, they better kill his son as well. Rumor has it that he is worse than his old man.

Watching them sing and dance? Just like how many americans did the same when we fought Iraq the last time? Hypocrisy much? As much as most dont think about it, the are human as well, they too deserve a right to live. Hell, most of them are so brainwashed and cant do anything but those things or they get killed.

Originally posted by Samwise
Saddam Hussein is a ruthless madman/killer/psychopath and he needs to be taught a lesson... every one knows it\'s gonna end in a war - nomatter the reasons, I\'m glad if he gets what he deserves (for killing/gassing/torturing/etc. innocent people; men, women and children).

He is exactly that, but he\'s exactly that towards his own people, not westerners. He already paid for screwing around in the early 90\'s, a new war requires new evidence.

NO WMD EVIDENCE,...........NO WAR.

SOME WMD EVIDENCE,.............KICK AR*E LADS, MAKE US PROUD.

If we just start on him without the required evidence then I\'m ashamed to be from this so-called democracy, Bush and Blair need to stop straining at the leash and rattling their sabres.

Oh and "Holding the oilfields \'in trust\' for the Iraqi people" could translate directly into "we\'ll never let them go completely now we have our grubby little mitts on them"

I know I know, I\'m an opinionated bugger.





Edit: "most of them are so brainwashed and cant do anything but those things or they get killed." - Luckee.

If you\'re accused of slander against the government (treason in Iraq) you get your toungue torn out but they let you live for a while until you dissappear.