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grinninfooleI went to the anti-war protest march in Boston last Saturday, along with Millari, FA and SC. It was a very orderly event and I enjoyed the day out. I expect that no one who saw it was in any way swayed in their views (sadly), but I guess these events aren't really intended to recruit people to a cause, so much as keep people already converted to it involved in it.
There were a lot of nifty signs, but one stays with me: a baby in stroller, above a poster with a picture of a smiling old woman, and the words: "I want to see my Iraqi grandmother's house when I grow up."
Oh, and I wish that the guy holding the sign saying simply "war" had heard my suggestion that he enlist at once. Hypocritical asshole.
In other news:
Hey, remember this?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2902027.stm
I wouldn't be at all surprised if they get stonewalled by various agencies (like the NSA and FBI) that have serious fuck-ups to hide and new secret regulations to bolster them. And, with everyone's attention diverted by the war in Iraq, they may well get away with it, too.
Also on the BBC, two stories sadly showing that enlightened political stances are no defense against becoming evil:
First, a report that the man who shot Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn last May now has some doubts that he did the right thing:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2903629.stm
And an obituary of Mr. Fortuyn:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1971462.stm
Both of these men opposed intolerance and discrimination, and one of them murdered the other because of it.
Also on the BBC is a report about pro-war rallies in Texas and it opens with a refrain from a song called Have You Forgotten by Darryl Worley:
"Some say this country's just out looking for a fight -
after 9-11, man I'd have to say that's right... Have you
forgotten how it felt that day to see your homeland
under fire, and your people blown away?"
No. I haven't. I very much don't want to see it again. But I'm sure we will, and this war will make it so. After all, do you think the people of Iraq will forget?
In lighter news, the BBC reports that Dell will no longer install floppy drives in their computers, thus apparently signalling the deathknell of floppy disks. The following is a BBC reader's elegy to the vanishing technology. :)
Alas, dear floppy, I loved you well -
Now Dell's bells doth sound thy knell.
Yet all things pass as all things must:
The humble floppy bytes the dust.
--Mark Burgess, UK
There were a lot of nifty signs, but one stays with me: a baby in stroller, above a poster with a picture of a smiling old woman, and the words: "I want to see my Iraqi grandmother's house when I grow up."
Oh, and I wish that the guy holding the sign saying simply "war" had heard my suggestion that he enlist at once. Hypocritical asshole.
In other news:
Hey, remember this?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2902027.stm
I wouldn't be at all surprised if they get stonewalled by various agencies (like the NSA and FBI) that have serious fuck-ups to hide and new secret regulations to bolster them. And, with everyone's attention diverted by the war in Iraq, they may well get away with it, too.
Also on the BBC, two stories sadly showing that enlightened political stances are no defense against becoming evil:
First, a report that the man who shot Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn last May now has some doubts that he did the right thing:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2903629.stm
And an obituary of Mr. Fortuyn:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1971462.stm
Both of these men opposed intolerance and discrimination, and one of them murdered the other because of it.
Also on the BBC is a report about pro-war rallies in Texas and it opens with a refrain from a song called Have You Forgotten by Darryl Worley:
"Some say this country's just out looking for a fight -
after 9-11, man I'd have to say that's right... Have you
forgotten how it felt that day to see your homeland
under fire, and your people blown away?"
No. I haven't. I very much don't want to see it again. But I'm sure we will, and this war will make it so. After all, do you think the people of Iraq will forget?
In lighter news, the BBC reports that Dell will no longer install floppy drives in their computers, thus apparently signalling the deathknell of floppy disks. The following is a BBC reader's elegy to the vanishing technology. :)
Alas, dear floppy, I loved you well -
Now Dell's bells doth sound thy knell.
Yet all things pass as all things must:
The humble floppy bytes the dust.
--Mark Burgess, UK
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Sorry.
Date: 2003-04-01 11:34 am (UTC)last week and asked for folks to join her. You could have said yes. We'd have loved to see you. Next time, we'll try to remember to call you..