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Good job Twin Cities!
With one day's notice, cold rainy weather, and a protest that started during work hours (4:30 PM), Minneapolis still produced somewhere between 1,000-3,000 (based on media estimates and my guesses) people for today's emergency anti-war demo and march through the streets of downtown Minneapolis. Compare that to about 5,000 - 8,000 for the last big protest/march, which was announced well in advance, and was on a weekend. I think the level of commitment that speaks to is quite impressive.
In a sick sort of way, I was relieved that our glorious leader started the war ASAP. Frankly, we all knew it was going to happen, and waiting for any big change always makes me extremely tense. Now it's time to go out there and give a big "fuck you" to war, imperialism, and blood for oil. Getting involved in anti-war activism is exciting and empowering, even if the necessity for it is depressing.
Or is it a BUG?"
"Let's call it an accidental feature. :-)"
--Larry Wall in <6909@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Except... (Score:1)
Well, if all the marchers are pacifists, then I can see coming out against war. I doubt that you can organize that many real pacifists. I certainly didn't see marches like this against the Kosovo action.
The facts don't support that this is imperialism. If it had been imperialism, we would have removed Saddam in 1991 and installed a puppet government. No, instead, we imposed reasonable conditions of armisti
Re:Except... (Score:2)
Yep. If there really were a protest against imperialism, someone would be protesting the farsical aquatic ceremony that distributed swords to a handful of men across the Middle East and South Asia.
Somehow, I think the world would have been a tad bit safer if a few more swords were reserved for regions beginning with the letter 'K'.
Oh well. We need to