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**banditorfv** · 11-14-2007, 12:54 AM

Reasonable I guess, but with so much political apathy among the youth I'm reluctant to punish them for showing a conscience and wanting to express their opposition to this war.

Ninjahedge: if they did it on a Saturday, do you think we would even know about it and be discussing it here? There is your answer about why it was done HOW and WHEN it was.

When 300,000 protestors descend on Washington it doesn't even make the New York Times. Here you've got 70 students and the attention of the nation is turned on them...seems pretty obvious why they didn't do it your way, ninj.

Unfortunately, when you try to play by the rules you just get ignored. Shouldn't be that way, and it's toxic for democracy, but here we are in Amerika 2007.

They weren't protesting bad cafeteria food

, they were protesting a MURDEROUS WAR that is killing thousands. Why should they do it in anonymity on a Saturday afternoon? They were SMART, that's why they did it during school.

Maybe they already understand how the news media works in this country and they were actually being pretty savvy.

Now, if they were really smart, they would have had the homecoming queen flash her boobs with "no war" written across her chest, it would have gotten even more coverage.

11-14-2007, 12:54 AM	#9
banditorfv Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 540 Senior Member	Reasonable I guess, but with so much political apathy among the youth I'm reluctant to punish them for showing a conscience and wanting to express their opposition to this war. Ninjahedge: if they did it on a Saturday, do you think we would even know about it and be discussing it here? There is your answer about why it was done HOW and WHEN it was. When 300,000 protestors descend on Washington it doesn't even make the New York Times. Here you've got 70 students and the attention of the nation is turned on them...seems pretty obvious why they didn't do it your way, ninj. Unfortunately, when you try to play by the rules you just get ignored. Shouldn't be that way, and it's toxic for democracy, but here we are in Amerika 2007. They weren't protesting bad cafeteria food, they were protesting a MURDEROUS WAR that is killing thousands. Why should they do it in anonymity on a Saturday afternoon? They were SMART, that's why they did it during school. Maybe they already understand how the news media works in this country and they were actually being pretty savvy. Now, if they were really smart, they would have had the homecoming queen flash her boobs with "no war" written across her chest, it would have gotten even more coverage.
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