Fliecher's comments don't bother me nearly as much as someone selling "terrorist hunting licences" over the internet. I can only speak for the area I live in now, but people are wound up. Some of them are directing their anger at anyone. I wish whoever it was wouldn't encourage them.
Aren't they something. They're like butterflies, or little pieces of wrapping paper blowing around.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American
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Daisy Jane - Mar 28, 2003 4:59:33 pm PST #2547 of 9843
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
brenda m - Mar 28, 2003 5:14:50 pm PST #2548 of 9843
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Good point, Heather. Ari Fleischer is scary, but not in the same kind of immediate way.
evil jimi - Mar 28, 2003 5:38:29 pm PST #2549 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Can you imagine the hissy fit if someone turned around and said they wouldn't sell to Americans?
Caroma - Mar 28, 2003 6:42:07 pm PST #2550 of 9843
Hello! I must be going.
Huh? People are smashing McDonald's up, pouring Coke down drains, withdrawing American brands from Parisian restuarants--and it's as common, and noticeable, as burning our flag. It's soooo adolescent--"Look! We're burning your flag in our demo! The symbol of your contry! Aren't we outrageous?! Aren't you upset?!!"
Yawn. Yes, dudes, outraged. Yay you. See you at the movies.
scrappy - Mar 28, 2003 6:49:46 pm PST #2551 of 9843
Nobody
I think you can credit the demonstrators with motives stronger than adolescent angst. Sure, there are going to be the usual fluffbrain show-offs and blowhards who show up at these things no matter where in the world they occur or what political stand they take, but there are many people all over the world who are genuinely disturbed about this war and more importantly about the way we got into it. My brother lives in the Netherlans and has a lot of Dutch friends and he tells me the antiwar (and anti-American) sentiment comes from people whose integrity and intelligence he respects, whether he agrees with all their points or not.
Burrell - Mar 28, 2003 6:51:31 pm PST #2552 of 9843
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Seems odd to me to call the behavior of Europeans who refuse to buy Coke adolescent without mentioning that there are, after all, equally adolescent Americans refusing to buy French wine. Or sell computers to Canadians.
Betsy HP - Mar 28, 2003 6:53:26 pm PST #2553 of 9843
If I only had a brain...
after all, equally adolescent Americans refusing to buy French wine
But we have been mocking them ruthlessly for weeks.
Penny B. - Mar 28, 2003 6:54:34 pm PST #2554 of 9843
Nobody
Some people join protests because they feel passionately about an issue and have a burning need to do something. Some people join to get out of class.
scrappy - Mar 28, 2003 6:55:34 pm PST #2555 of 9843
Nobody
Yes, and the crackpots always get the TV coverage. Always.
Caroma - Mar 28, 2003 7:00:31 pm PST #2556 of 9843
Hello! I must be going.
I don't know, are people actually doing that no-wine and "freedom fries" thing or just saying they will? I guess it's too early to quantify anything definite.