A protest in Austin, Texas...

[DarthVeda]

I miss the sedition act already

[Kramerman]

Originally posted by Spiffor
Have there been occurences of the sedition act being enforced since Vietnam ? It doesn't really look like the "sedition" in the US today can hurt the war machine. I suppoe the Bushies will avoid the terrible PR that would bring the imprisonment of anti-war protestors. The benefits don't warrant the cost.

It was repealed not too long after being passed...

EDIT: already answered, i see

[Kramerman]

Austin is a cool city About an hour from here, i have family that lives there and there is a possibility I may be attending UT next year.

Do to its large student population (UT is the largest university campus, with somewhere around 60,000 students, IIRC) and other factors too, Austin has a significant liberal population, so it is one of the few places in the otherwise conservative Texas state where significant protests such as this has taken place.

I didnt read the whole article, but if protests obstruct the peace, law, and order (ie traffic), then they should be broken up. Protesting is great, the backbone of democracy, but only if it is undercontrol.

[Imran Siddiqui]

It's good to know there are a few Texans with some sense.

Yeah, they just happen to be in the White House .

[Dis]

don't you guys realize they are only doing it for the attention?

Why were they not protesting the conditions in Iraq the past 15 years?

where were they?

I know. They were self absorbed in their own little world.

These people don't care about the Iraqi people at all.

Posted from the other thread:

I have come to some conclusions. I am sure to offend people.

I believe anti-war protestors are selfish *******s who only care about themselves and their own circle of friends and family. They have no regards whatsoever for other people.

These same people should have been protesting the conditions in Iraq for the past 15 years. Why haven't they? Do they not care that we are helping Iraqis? And that by going to war with Iraq we are actually saving civilian lives. Do they not care about the Iraqis cheering in the towns we have taken. No, they only care about them and getting media attention.

I have come to the conclusion that war protestors are attention whores. They can care less about other people throughout the world. They only want attention. What's even worse is they are not emotional and mentally mature. When they were cuffed in San Francisco they were thrashing their bodies about like little toddlers. They were essentually throwing a temper tantrum. They made complete asses of themselvs. I used to respect anti-war protestors, but no more. I realize them for the idiots they are. They are nothing more than petty anarchists and attention whores.

I also think that a fair number them are equivalent to forum trolls. I have determined this by the stupid statements they have made. They seem to hate america no matter what good we do. They say that america deserved the 9/11 attacks and that our attacks on hirsoshima and nagasaki are the reason the WTC was attacked. To them every nation in the world is always right, and the U.S. is always wrong. And then this stupid broad said why don't we invade Tibet then? She doesn't realize that would start the third world war, and we'd get our asses kicked. We also don't invade North Korea because we'd get our asses kicked. We would have got our asses kicked in Africa as well, because we do have not support bases out there. We can only help were we are able unfortunately. We are not strong enough as a nation to be able to help every country in the world. We only help were we can, and Iraq is one of those.

I know I have said in the past that liberals are trolls (that thread was deleted). I am wrong about that. I realize that many liberals are for this war. So I apoligize for that. Phil Hendrie said he was a liberal tonight, but he supports the war. So I am wrong about liberals. But I do realize that war protestors are trolls.

So what's the best thing to do to trolls? Ignore them.

So I am now ignoring all protestors. I wish the media would do so also. I can gurantee you that if there were no media coverage, there would be no protestors. You ever notice how the protests have escalated with the advent of television/movie cameras and such?

So I am no longer protesting the protesters. I am ignoring them as the trolls they are.

[Dis]

and these *******s are diverting police resources when the police are supposed to be on the lookout for terrorist attacks.

I think that they want another terrorist attack to happen so they can blame Bush.

[Kramerman]

heh, trying to make sure everyone reads that post, diss?

[Dis]

edit: I messed that one up.

[Dis]

and I read most of that post. It's the same anti-war drivel.

What they don't realize is there are people in the world that want every single american dead. They aren't going to see an anti-war guy and spare their life. They want everyone dead. Their stupid views will not save them from a terrorist attack.

[Ramo]

There is no Iraq-al-Qaeda connection. Same old pro-war drivel obfuscating the issues.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Are you denying an Iraqi-Hamas connection, Ramo?

[Ramo]

Are you saying that Hamas is trying to kill every single American?

[Imran Siddiqui]

Are you saying Al-Queda is trying to kill EVERY single American? (Please don't say yes... even after your 'prision' debacle, there still might be hope for you ).

And are you denying a Al-Queda-Hamas connection? Because there is significant overlap, even though one is more secular than the other.

[Ramo]

No, but that's what Dissident was trying to say:
"What they don't realize is there are people in the world that want every single american dead."

[Dis]

yes, I didn't say which people.

Iraq isn't in that group. I already illustrated my reasons for going into Iraq above.

In fact I shouldn't have made that post, it doesn't relate to this thread directly.