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Originally Posted by demonrail666
No government is scared of protest, but if some of the issues raised by these protestors start to resonate with voters (which i think in the case of significant sections within the young they are) then they can't simply ignore them.
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They absolutely are. Nixon looked out of the White House at the million antiwar protestors and decided that maybe they shouldn't drop nukes on Vietnam as the generals were pitching. they want you to think it doesn't matter but it does. Why did Bloomberg go to such lengths to round up protestors and witnesses during the RNC and prevent antiwars marches? they don't want you talking to each toher. They don't want you networking outside of the Fox network (i.e. myspace) or the CIA (ie facebook). they don't want diverse people to understand their needs are similar and differences can be strengths. You had to see the cops riot when activist tried to flyer outside the Carlyse Group - pigs flipped out and arrested people just trying to get to work.
but samkarrop I do agree with you regarding the halloween atmosphere - its like a huge excuse for everyone to 'get primitive'. to paraphrase M Gira from one of my favorite bootlegs, maybe they could "act with a little dignity". in nyc there are all these 'groups' of people that have to come out in funny costumes and perform, often as ads for their little troops.