> The only possible problem with this strategy, Robin, is if it happens to
be
> the police themselves who are threatening one's life. I know, it's an
> astonishing thought, but I'm told it does happen.
I certainly do know, Alison -- it happened not that long ago in Genoa, as
I'm sure we both remember.
I must admit that part of my venom, and picking on that particular point of
the post, was that I assumed the author lived in England.
Given that, in the current situation in America, there's a real (if probably
slight) possibility of having your life threatened if you challenge the war
consensus, the use of that as a rhetorical trope from someone whom I assumed
was safely out of it struck me as deeply insulting to the American peace
protestors, who +are+ at a real risk.
I've since (ain't google wonderful?) discovered that the author lives in
Australia. I think, correct me if I'm wrong, that my reaction would still
hold.
There were other things about the post that, to say the least, irritated me.
But one point, that actually makes the author, as an Australian +less+,
excusable: Omagh happened here in 1998. You still haven't experienced this
at first-hand.
I don't think war is the best answer. I think the way the British
government responded to Omagh would have provided a better model of
response. But frankly, posts of such stunning fatuity as the one I
responded to simply want to make me weep.
Robin
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