tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post2812894903247754146..comments2023-10-22T09:18:16.885-04:00Comments on Far and Wide: YawnSteve Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-10952576902795702292007-08-21T09:28:00.000-04:002007-08-21T09:28:00.000-04:00wayward Well said, there are clearly different kin...wayward <BR/><BR/>Well said, there are clearly different kinds of "protesters".Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-58887038614267292132007-08-21T06:35:00.000-04:002007-08-21T06:35:00.000-04:00I agree with you completely Steve.Many years ago I...I agree with you completely Steve.<BR/><BR/>Many years ago I stopped going to protests when I found them to always be overrun by idiots (who always had an agenda other than the purpose of the protest). If the protest is about the Mike Harris cuts to education, the media would concentrate on the small group who were using the protest to promote their communist agenda with soviet flags etc - sorry but that wasn't what the protest was about. Of course, many other idiots wearing gasmasks would try to provoke the police into pepperspraying us all (nice to see that those gasmask wearing provokers had no concern for the non-protected majority of fellow protesters - assholes) or retaliating. I was disgusted and I stopped going.<BR/><BR/>Fortunately, I have happy memories other protests when everyone from the whole area would show up to protest (businesses and schools shutting down) against Toronto's plan to ship their garbage to my area. These were great protests. The OPP once sent up several busloads of officers to ensure we didn't turn violent (violent against whom I wonder?). We fed them and treated them like we would anyone else. They were not the enemy and most of them really supported what we were doing.<BR/><BR/>I support protesting. I don't support these anarchists who are ruining protests.wayward sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00881662458488517364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-53289966177322273062007-08-20T23:14:00.000-04:002007-08-20T23:14:00.000-04:00Just to clarify, I am arguing a very FINE point. ...Just to clarify, I am arguing a very FINE point. I hope nobody takes this post as a rejection of the protesters, just the people who's only motivation seems to be stirring up shit, just for the sake of confrontation.Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.com