Get of my lawn!
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talkpoliticsThis deserves attention...
In my mind this protest sets a dangerous precedent. In essence the SEIU has declared banker's homes, and families to be fair game. Do they not see how this could go wrong?
What would have happened if a neighbor, or worse a member of the banker's family, had decided to confront the protesters a la Gran Torino
In my previous post I bemoaned the "militarization" of civil authority. Now I'm going to go the other way and ask, where was the damn calvary?
There is a line in Slaughterhouse 5 that I have used in my posts about Iraq that goes "Those who have seen the elephant rarely go looking for it."
"Seeing the elephant" is a euphimism for combat, the idea being that any veteran "worth his salt" will be anti-war.
That's all well and good for physical warfare but what about class warfare?
Do we really want to find out?
In my mind this protest sets a dangerous precedent. In essence the SEIU has declared banker's homes, and families to be fair game. Do they not see how this could go wrong?
What would have happened if a neighbor, or worse a member of the banker's family, had decided to confront the protesters a la Gran Torino
In my previous post I bemoaned the "militarization" of civil authority. Now I'm going to go the other way and ask, where was the damn calvary?
There is a line in Slaughterhouse 5 that I have used in my posts about Iraq that goes "Those who have seen the elephant rarely go looking for it."
"Seeing the elephant" is a euphimism for combat, the idea being that any veteran "worth his salt" will be anti-war.
That's all well and good for physical warfare but what about class warfare?
Do we really want to find out?
Re: 16 Anti-Abortion Protesters Arrested
Date: 26/5/10 02:51 (UTC)(Thanks for the link. This has happened several times with the protesting of abortion Doctors and wanted to mention it, but couldn't provide a link)
(personal aside: We finally looked into AMAC, actually my wife did, she's the more political activist, apparently it was conservative enough for her cuz we signed up :D)