Andrew wrote: I certainly hope no *real* dog burnings ever took place "against the war," but I really don't know. > This legend is based on a press conference Abbie Hoffman once held on the steps of the Massachusetts state house in boston. He had a cute golden retriever, a container of "lighter fluid" and a box of matches. He announced to the press that in protest of the war he would set the dog on fire. People were apparently stunned as he took the "lighter fluid" (it had been emptied of flammable material and replaced with water) doused the dog as he pet it and commented on how cute it was, and then stepped back and lit a match. The reporters started screaming, "No Abbie, don't do it! Don't!" Then he confessed it was water in the "lighter fluid" container, doused the match with it, and said, "see, you care more about the life of that dog than about the children in Vietnam." -a -------------------------- eGroups Sponsor -------------------------~-~> <FONT COLOR="#000099">eGroups eLerts It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free! </FONT><A HREF="http://click.egroups.com/1/9698/2/_/475667/_/973545007/"><B>Click Here!</B></A> ---------------------------------------------------------------------_->
