On 6 Mar 2003 at 11:28, Dan Minette wrote: > > > Since you guess they really were "harassing > > > shoppers," why was mall > > > security's response to tell them to take off their > > > shirts? What kind of > > > security policy is that? Is it okay to bother > > > people in the mall if you're > > > NOT wearing certain kinds of shirts? > > > > > > How many clues does it take to become obvious what > > > the real issue was? > > > > > > Nick > > > > Since any criticism of the antiwar movement is > > inevitably and immediately called censorship, and we > > have a sworn statement that they were doing more than > > the protesters claim, more than we've got, actually. > > Actually we don't. > > > All I've seen is the claim by the protesters that they > > were asked to take off their shirts - since I give > > them little or no credibility, that isn't going very > > far. > > > Well, lets look at who was arrested: > > Downs is the director of the Albany Office of the state Commission on > Judicial Conduct, which investigates complaints of misconduct against > judges and can admonish, censure or remove judges found to have > engaged in misconduct.
He should be fired then...sigh. > As far as any countering of anti-war protesters being the act of a > tyrannical government, I agree that is silly. They should have > exactly the same rights as anti-abortion protesters. It's HIGHLY political, anti-war right now. And I for one have helped throw anti-abortionists out a private building where they were harrasing people. Also neo-Nazis, Anti-Nazi League, Evangelical Catholics, Jehovahs Witnesses and some Jews for Jesus (THAT one almost turned nasty), so don't feel they wee being singled out. Dawn Falcon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l