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docpotato

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Message 162 of 259 (285066)
02-08-2006 6:58 PM

Reply to: Message 161 by Heathen
02-08-2006 6:33 PM

If a protest is called as an 'anti war' (for example) protest, then, yes I will go to that protest, because I agree with the 'anti war' stance.
However, if there are people there that take a more miltant stance and want to attack an embassy or whatever. this does not mean that I also harbour tese militant sentiments.

Agreed. I have participated in anti-war protests in which I could not ascertain the nature of every sign, placard, or fanciful costume of everyone there. I may have been part of a rally that did not represent the totality of my beliefs. Rather it was just one... that I was against the War in Iraq. Perhaps I should have left for fear that I was being misrepresented.

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Message 164 of 259 (285074)
02-08-2006 7:24 PM

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02-08-2006 7:01 PM

That would not have been necessary as long as you went on national news and denounced every single position and viewpoint with which you disagreed and which might have conceivably been at that protest.

I did the talk show circuit. I became briefly famous for appearing on these talk shows wearing a T-shirt that espoused every single belief I had. In each case, the producers of the show refused to spend 2.5 hours doing a slow tilt down over the front of my shirt. I told them that it would be good TV but they thought they knew better and kept mumbling something about ad revenues.

We compromised with a quick closeup of the shirt during which I had time to read five of these beliefs before they cut to commercial. I'll never forget those days. Or go to another rally. That was a waste of my time.

"In Heaven, everything is fine."
The Lady in the Radiator
Eraserhead
One Movie a Day/Week/Whenever

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