My last demonstration was in London the Iraq jobby --But after waiting
around I only lasted about a half mile! -body gave out!!!still that feeling
of solidarity still cheers
It was a family event all my lot there (for once!)--if only 'they' had
listened -oh well
P
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From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of andrew burke
Sent: 16 July 2008 21:45
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Subject: Re: Me 2 Mum!!!
'a creative police force': Stephen, did this truly happen or are you
having a creative moment? A
2008/7/17 Stephen Vincent <[log in to unmask]>:
> I personally like a creative police force. The local one here got so fed
up with hearing demonstrators shouting "OFF THE PIG" and such, they devised
a wonderful strategy. As they moved in to quell nasty, belligerent rock &
bottle throwers, they raised and lowered their shields in rhythm with their
own pleaful, operatic version of Otis Redding's "Cry a Little Tenderness".
It was one of those demonstrations where everybody was stopped in their
tracks and the tears flowed before blood. This was back in 1969 and such an
exception to the rule, the event rarely enters the literature.
>
> From the depths of California
>
> Stephen V
> http://stephenvincent.net/blog/
>
> Dominic Fox <[log in to unmask]> wrote: David Bircumshaw wrote:
>> Very much so, Dom, fight-or-flight.
>>
>> I like the idea of protesters linking arms to sing the national
>> anthem, there would be the problem that none of us properly know the
>> words!
>>
>>
> That's why I fancy it might be an effective gesture, at least the first
> time round. Police are used to cudgelling rowdy trots, crusties,
> anarchists and other enemies of order, the sorts of people who would
> never be caught dead singing the national anthem. The cognitive
> dissonance might soften them up a bit.
>
> Dominic
>
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Andrew
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