Anti-War "Activists" vs Sick Children.

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"City agencies in San Francisco added up the costs of the war protests that disrupted the city in March and came up with more than $3.5 million in expenses and lost revenue," the San Francisco Chronicle reports. That's $3.5 million less for the city to spend on food for the homeless and medical care for AIDS patients and sick kids. WE SUPPORT OUR TROOPS WHEN THEY SHOOT THEIR OFFICERS, read one sign at a March protest. How many San Franciscans died or suffered for want of crucial social services because these creeps insisted on taking to the streets to express their hateful views?

This is especially gualing to me since almost every city in the bay area is deep in the finaincial muck and now schools, public health clinics, BART, and just about everything else is going to suffer that much more because these people wanted to sit in the middle of roads, throw bottles at Police officers, block dock workers from going to work, and claim they were such model citizens.

[Agathon]

How much did the war cost, O?

Enough to provide health care to everyone in the United States three times over, I'll bet.

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What's really good about the San Fransisco Chronical article is that the Chronical is a far left paper and even they are upset at the anti-Bush fanatics.

[MichaeltheGreat]

The Chronicle fits the views of it's readership , but people of most ideologies don't want people ****ting in their nests, whether those people have similar viewpoints or not.

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Originally posted by Agathon
How much did the war cost, O?

Enough to provide health care to everyone in the United States three times over, I'll bet.

There is still the geo-strategic problem that the sanctions in Iraq were right up there with the Arab-Israel conflict in fanning anti-western feelings amoung Arabs. As long as Saddam was mucking things up the sanction could never be removed. Now, one of the Islamic Militants biggest recruiting tools is gone and Iraq is on it's way to slowingly climbing out of the hole 20 years of war has put them in.

[Agathon]

Originally posted by Oerdin


There is still the geo-strategic problem that the sanctions in Iraq were right up there with the Arab-Israel conflict in fanning anti-western feelings amoung Arabs. As long as Saddam was mucking things up the sanction could never be removed. Now, one of the Islamic Militants biggest recruiting tools is gone and Iraq is on it's way to slowingly climbing out of the hole 20 years of war has put them in.

Sing along O...

"I'm changing the subject... changing the subject I am,
I'm changing the suuuuuuuubject......"

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Not at all. I'm pointing out that one expenditure solved a very real problem while the other expenditure caused a very real problem. Activists=people who cost the city lots of money for no reason. War in Iraq=solve a major geopolitical problem.


Get it?

[oedo]

Agathon pointed it out. those 3,5 mio $ are peanuts in comparison to the war costs.
stupid article, stupid thread.

[Japher]

The sh!t that the morons in SF caused was so counter productive it is just unbelievable. Of course there is a cost to war, and now I guess there is a cost to peaceful protests. Blah!

Personally, I feel protesting is dumb, even if it is for a cause I support. Sitting around and whinning about something never gets anything done.

And, now we are paying for these whiners to whine.

Thnaks for riling me up Oerdin Thats exactly what I need for the drive home tonight.

How much did the war cost, O?

Quite a bit, but it accomplished something, and was done for a cause that not only protected those fools protesting, but liberated a nation.

Enough to provide health care to everyone in the United States three times over, I'll bet.

Ah.... That's what all the oil is for...duh

[Japher]

Nice flame Oedo

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We've just pointed out the cost for one city. How many cities in the world had ruffins causing a ruckus?

[Agathon]

Originally posted by Oerdin
Not at all. I'm pointing out that one expenditure solved a very real problem while the other expenditure caused a very real problem. Activists=people who cost the city lots of money for no reason. War in Iraq=solve a major geopolitical problem.

That's not what you said.

And the notion that the war has solved a real problem is debatable while the cost isn't.

[oedo]

Nice flame Oedo

yes, but at least for free

[Giancarlo]

Agathon back with his pro-Castro and pro-Saddam BS... I thought he did enough of this yesturday?

Those morons in San Francisco caused a lot of economic damage. If I were the mayor I'd demand that the organizations who organized the strikes pay reparations to the city.

[Whaleboy]

I think its highly amusing that its the best people can do against the anti-war movement. One would have saved so much more by not going to war in the first place, not that money means anything to me for one, in this debate, althuogh the americans... a different story.