yes, not knowing the words is part of the problem.
I had just been pondering the possibility of linking arms and singing
We will not cease from mental fight
Nor shall my sword, etc.,
memory failing at that point...
Max
Quoting David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>:
> 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!
>
> 2008/7/16 Dominic Fox <[log in to unmask]>:
> > David Bircumshaw wrote:
> >>
> >> You ever been in a street-riot, mate, apart from reading about them?
> >>
> >> I have, in Handsworth in '81. It's very interesting, very. I remember
> >> sheltering from the police charge behind this half-height wall that
> >> extended from The Rialto, and this huge Rasta, 6 foot 7 or so ( and
> >> I'm a tall guy, so when I say big I mean big) of the kind who never
> >> talked to whities, was also hiding there too, and he turned round to
> >> me and said 'I dunno about you mate but this scares me shitless'.
> >>
> >
> > I gather from friends' reports that it's very fight-or-flight. Some people
> > get seriously stuck in. They also get seriously injured, quite often.
> >
> > I have a fancy that protestors faced with charging police ought to link
> > arms, stand perfectly still, and sing the national anthem. Or run like
> > buggery, according to preference.
> >
> > Dominic
> >
>
>
>
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