Soldier burned in effigy stirs outrage

[almaty 19]

i agree..protesting the war does not mean youa re agianst the troops...i rather see the troops home safely than stay in that clusterfuck of bush's creation

Edited March 26, 2007 by almaty

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Some peace movement.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Some peace movement.

Sometimes, paceful demonstrations are infiltrated by those that don't like the purpose of the demonstration. It's an easy way to demonize those that protest against you. Talk to the secret services of totalitarian regimes. Those guys are pros in that regard.

[Robor007 0]

Some peace movement.

These angry attention whores do not represent said 'peace movement'.

[Alex+R 0]

Some peace movement.

It would be convenient if you could claim this group represents the whole peace movement, wouldn't it? Unfortunately you can't.

[Niels Bohr 72]

LOL.

It seems now, an Anti-War Protest is in itself is also War. They're indistinguishable from one another. When will people realize it? Never. Morons.

Edited March 26, 2007 by consolemaster

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Hippies with guns scare me.

[Alex+R 0]

Hippies with guns scare me.

Anarchists are hardly hippies. You can't paint this as a signifiant part of the general anti-war movement.

[meauxna 15]

Hippies with guns scare me.

Oops, don't move to Oregon then!

Local rebuttal--the OTHER SIDE of the story from the people who were actually there: http://tinyurl.com/2oaq42

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Hippies with guns scare me.

Anarchists are hardly hippies. You can't paint this as a signifiant part of the general anti-war movement.

Do I? I'm not burning an effigy of anyone. Including Osama Bin Laden.

[Alex+R 0]

Hippies with guns scare me.

Oops, don't move to Oregon then!

Local rebuttal--the OTHER SIDE of the story from the people who were actually there: http://tinyurl.com/2oaq42

Hmmmm so it says 15,000 peaceful people were at the march, and a tiny group of black-clad people broke away and burned a soldier in effigy? Hmmmmmmm

[meauxna 15]

a tiny group of black-clad people broke away and burned a soldier in effigy? Hmmmmmmm

Yeah. If you're interested, search on anarchists and Oregon (Portland and/or Eugene). They have an interesting history together (see World Trade Organization/Seattle for history).

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

UK Neo-Nazis are infamous for infiltrating soccer games as a pretext to starting fights.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Hippies with guns scare me.

Oops, don't move to Oregon then!

Local rebuttal--the OTHER SIDE of the story from the people who were actually there: http://tinyurl.com/2oaq42

It's always nice to shed some light on the story...

From the link:

Palinkas said she posted to her Facebook site 240 photos from the peace rally and march that reportedly drew 15,000 people. Almost all of them showed "people laughing, talking, dancing, marching" at what she called a "family-friendly" event.

...

After spending months planning what was for the most part a civil demonstration, organizers say they are aghast.

"We had a massive, peaceful demonstration against the killing and destruction going on every day in Iraq, a positive experience for thousands of people from different walks of life," said Kelly Campbell of American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker organization, "and apparently the right-wing fringe is going to pick up that little portion."

Elijah Smith, a Marine reservist who served three months as a combat engineer in Iraq, said he was personally appalled by the group's fiery demonstration.

But Smith, a 27-year-old Portland substitute teacher who opposes the war, also thought the way the images are being used is misleading. "Anyone who was at the event," he said, "knows it."

[Ban Hammer 14,569]

Hippies with guns scare me.

Oops, don't move to Oregon then!

Local rebuttal--the OTHER SIDE of the story from the people who were actually there: http://tinyurl.com/2oaq42

It's always nice to shed some light on the story...

From the link:

Palinkas said she posted to her Facebook site 240 photos from the peace rally and march that reportedly drew 15,000 people. Almost all of them showed "people laughing, talking, dancing, marching" at what she called a "family-friendly" event.

...

After spending months planning what was for the most part a civil demonstration, organizers say they are aghast.

"We had a massive, peaceful demonstration against the killing and destruction going on every day in Iraq, a positive experience for thousands of people from different walks of life," said Kelly Campbell of American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker organization, "and apparently the right-wing fringe is going to pick up that little portion."

Elijah Smith, a Marine reservist who served three months as a combat engineer in Iraq, said he was personally appalled by the group's fiery demonstration.

But Smith, a 27-year-old Portland substitute teacher who opposes the war, also thought the way the images are being used is misleading. "Anyone who was at the event," he said, "knows it."

yet there was still this:

Only 13 of the 240 images in Palinkas' Facebook album show what she describes as "the extreme fringe."

even the photographer thinks they were nuts.