The hostage crisis lasted 444 days and it was very frustrating and emotions ran high. We were in high school and having a small protest was our way of letting off steam.
Did it accomplish anything - no. Did we think it would - no, not really. For some of us, yes, I guess it was a way to cut class but, if I remember correctly, most of us were really concerned about what was happening over there. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 4:43 PM Subject: RE: Bush decided to "take out Saddam" in March > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 3:55 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Bush decided to "take out Saddam" in March > > > > > > Me too - I remember my high school had a walk-out during the > > middle of the day to protest the Iranians holding American > > hostages. This was toward the end of the Carter > > administration for you youngsters... > > And walking out of class was supposed to prove what? We had several > such "political" walk outs when I was in high-school - popular because > they lets kids cut class not because of the issue. > > I never really understood how hindering the education of Americans was > supposed to make any postive statement... > > Jim Davis > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
