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| Fifth Column |
| Demonstration was scheduled for 5 p.m. "the day the bombing starts" |
| 2001-10-10 |
Declaring peace won't stop terrorists either. History teaches us (pardon me) that you can't abolish violence. You can decry American imperialism, but wake up and breathe the anthrax -- you're still a target. You're an American and these guys hate you. You may be tolerant, but they aren't... Ah, yes, there were members of the Spartacus Youth League and the Revolutionary Workers Party, and I forget whether they're Trotskyist or Maoist, and they probably do, too, given their gray beards. There were the kids with nose rings and anarchist flags, bright-eyed students and Mumia idolaters. You have to give the first-night protesters credit for planning. Days before they had passed out handbills instructing people to gather at 5 p.m. in Hallidie Plaza "the day the bombing starts." These were the perma-protesters. I don't know which is more depressing: Their belief that the United States is the mother of all evil in the world, or that so many of the rest of us will be marching with them when the troops start coming home in bags. Protest 'til you drop. What kind of "courage" does it take to advocate cowardice and submission to Evil? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |