[thechat] FW: Protesters

[spinhead]

Few people read the history books. Fewer believe them.

spinhead


----- Original Message -----
From: "iris" <laren4 at yahoo.com>
To: <thechat at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: [thechat] FW: Protesters


> <not a flame and not a personal attack on anyone, just
> real fear speaking>
>
> i know you meant this as a joke but doesn't anybody
> see the similarities to historic events here?  this is
> exactly what's happening already.  people who dare to
> speak out against war are being threatened and
> silenced...
>
> this whole thing has me extremely worried.  months
> after the wall came down in berlin i left germany
> because the newly rising patriotism and nationalism
> made me really uncomfortable, now i wish i wasn't
> living in britain, brothers with america, which is
> displaying a scary amount of jingoism at the moment...
>
> i've been trying to keep my mouth shut so far, because
> i really think there's little i can do to change
> people's minds until the adrenalin flood has subsided.
>  but now there's war and that's unlikely to happen.
> as a person who believes in civil liberties and free
> speech and as a german who has gone through years of
> de-nazification in school and who's been watching the
> growing police state measures in britain, i am dead
> scared right now.
>
> can't anybody see that history is repeating itself?
> isn't anybody worried that we aren't scared of war at
> all?  or do you really have to experience it on your
> own soil in recent history to be afraid of it.  people
> as individuals are sane, people as masses are
> extremely dangerous.
>
>
> iris
>
>
>
> --- Scott Dexter <sgd at ti3.com> wrote:
> > I chuckled, so I offer this as tongue-in-cheek
> >
> > >  -----Original Message-----
> > >
> > > Lately there have been some dissidents protesting
> > our retaliation for
> > the September 11th terrorist attack on the United
> > States. These people
> > have been marching peacefully protesting our
> > government's actions. If
> > you meet one of these people you should pursue the
> > following course of
> > action.
> > >
> > > 1).   Approach them politely.
> > >
> > > 2).   Ask them what they are protesting. You
> > already know but they
> > need to say it aloud.
> > >
> > > 3).   Ask them why they are protesting. They will
> > say that we should
> > turn the other cheek and try to understand the
> > reasoning behind the
> > attack.
> > >
> > > 4).   Ask them to clarify:   they will tell you
> > that violence begets
> > more violence.
> > >
> > > 5).   Haul off and hit the protester square in the
> > face.
> > >
> > > 6).  When he gets up he will be pretty angry and
> > may want to fight
> > back.
> > >
> > > 7).  Placate him by telling him, violence begets
> > more violence.  Give
> > him a few minutes to calm down as you assure him
> > that striking back is
> > useless and unnecessary.
> > >
> > > 8).  When he nods his understanding, hit him
> > again.  This time even
> > harder, followed by a swift kick to the balls.
> > >
> > > 9).  Again he may be angry and again you must tell
> > him violence begets
> > more violence.
> > >
> > > 10).   Repeat steps 5 through 9 until he
> > understands the virtue in
> > retaliation.
> > >
>
>
>
>
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