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cancer boy
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Re: i saw the news today...
Aug 22, 2001, 14:23
Then again, I wouldn't advocate pelting the soldiers with big rocks either.

Firstly, anyone remember non-violent protest as advocated by Ghandi, Martin Luther King and so on? Terribly unfashionable these days when you can put on a mask and smash the windows on someone's family business for bearing the logo of an evil international franchise.

Secondly, why are children allowed into the streets to throw rocks anyway? Do their parents just not care? Or are they prepared to sacrifice them to promote the cause? What's the probability of someone getting shot if you stand there throwing rocks at the Isreali army for long enough?

A cynical person might suggest that if we factor that into the equation we get:

Peaceful protest = makes the local freesheet if you're lucky

Young kid (set up to be) shot by security forces = makes the international news.

I'm sure you'd all be just as supportive if the National Front were out stoning the police in Britain - they only want their land back after all.
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