Massive World Protests Tomorrow

[Comrade Tribune]

Originally posted by Spiffor
The US will be the main target of this terrorism, but other countries will suffer from it too, no doubt.

See above. The Arabs know that we are not their enemy.

Now if you say the CIA might plant a bomb here to implicate Muslims, well, I can´t exclude that, with the US admin a criminal insane asylum this is a possibility...

[axi]

No. The corporate media are just pulling figures out of their asses. The estimates I gave earlier are not the biggest ones. Athens f.e. has been reported to have had 300.000 and somebody even wrote about 400.000. Of course nobody agrees with that, but I can't buy the 100.000 given by the greek corporate media. I was there and I can compare with other situations. The Syntagma square used to get filled like this only during election speechesin the 80's, and then those media didn't shy at reporting one million people.

The most misreported demo must be that of Paris. I've heard everything between 100.000-800.000, while LeMonde gives 200.000, which is an underestimation.

NYC has been probably the most astonishing event of all: with all the prohibitions and scaremongering, they still managed to do wonders!

[Urban Ranger]

Millions of anti-war demonstrators rocked the world

At least 2000000 turned up in London They gathered in force in NYC, LA, Chicago, Seattle and other US cities too. Millions more turned up in Spain to remind their government.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by axi
The corporate media are just pulling figures out of their asses.

So you go to indymedia? That's like going to the forums at clearguidance.com for sane and honest commentary.

[Darius871]

Originally posted by axi

NYC has been probably the most astonishing event of all: with all the prohibitions and scaremongering, they still managed to do wonders!

What prohibitions are these? People are just as free to peaceably assemble today as they were ten years ago.

[axi]

The NYPD did wonders again, I hear...

So you go to indymedia?

I trust the people. You trust Bush.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by axi
I trust the people. You trust Bush.

Even che doesn't trust them as a credible source, axi.

[axi]

When they are serious about it, they can be trusted much more than any government.

I wonder, if one decided to make worldwide pro-war rallies, how many people would they gather?

[Spiffor]

I wonder, if one decided to make worldwide pro-war rallies, how many people would they gather?

I'm especially eager to know how many protesters there'll be in Baghdad

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Spiffor
I'm especially eager to know how many protesters there'll be in Baghdad

Speaking of which, I'm somewhat shocked that Iraq could force more than the pittance they fielded at thier anti-war rally.

[DuncanK]

Originally posted by Spiffor
I'm especially eager to know how many protesters there'll be in Baghdad

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Sava
And there's a huge consensus among the ignorant Hawks that anyone who's against military action as now proposed is against the removal of Saddam, or is a Saddam supporter.

Sava: The only one ignorant here is you for making that statement. Several people have tried to explain an idea to you and you keep spouting off with this garbage. Is it possible for you to debate without deliberately misrepresenting the facts of what the other side said?

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by axi
When they are serious about it, they can be trusted much more than any government.

So you admit that indymedia's record wrt the truth is spotty at best.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Comrade Tribune
Neither Iraq nor even OBL or whoever you have in mind has the slightest interest in harming Austria. That we are pro-Arab is more or less a given with all parties concerned.

OBL said everyone who doesn't convert to Islam is his enemy so until your on your knees facing Mecca five times a day then your a target.

[Dinner]

Re: Millions of anti-war demonstrators rocked the world

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
At least 2000000 turned up in London They gathered in force in NYC, LA, Chicago, Seattle and other US cities too. Millions more turned up in Spain to remind their government.

The BBC's reported 750,000. So I'd say your 2million figure is mostly wishful thinking; BTW 750k= less then 1% of UK pop.