F|_|CK the peace rallys

[tandoc]

i'm sick and tired of seeing f*cking loser kids who just want to wag school and be on TV go to the peace rallies around Australia.. a lot of people are saying they're just kids who want to be heard.. What about if we have the rallys on saturdays? will kids show up then? I think not.. i think these rallys should be banned... and half the kids don't even realise what they're rallying for... or even know who Saddam Hussein is.

[Akalon]

Haha, how can you say that Andy? ..."----ing loser kids".. lol, do you even know anyone that went to one? My friend went to a rally, because he believes in no war, not because he wanted to get out of school. I didnt watch the news or anything, but I'm presuming that most of the "kids" were high school students, and of course they would know who Saddam is.

You're only around 12/13 yourself aren't you?




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[anhedonia]

What a narrow-minded comment to make. If they want to skip class, they will, why would they bother skipping and then going to something they had no interest/passion in?

As mentioned, the students - ESPECIALLY the year twelve students - knew current events quite well, I was listening to some of the speeches earlier, these "kids" knew what they were talking about.

And for your information, yes, I would attend a rally on Friday, Saturday or Sunday (my three days off uni).

Are you wanting a war, tandoc, because your comments seem to be implying that, although I could just be reading too much into it.

[Akalon]

Originally posted by Akalon

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lol, sorry Jan :p :o

[Blank Verse]

I wouldn't say that not wanting peace rallies implies that there should be a war, but nonetheless, they rally for a reason. sure, maybe 10% may be there to skip class, but they get weeded out pretty fast.

[Bruce]

We're having an anti-war protest today.

At 10:00 AM we're all gonna walk out of class. Taht's the plan anyway, can't say how many will follow through with it though...

[Jan]

Andy, it seems this was a nationwide planned rally, so they had every right to *wag* school.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,6080308%255E2,00.html


Maybe you wagged school when it was announced :p

[Kaliber]

True that, I think there a bunch of DlCKHEADS!

I say go the war, perhaps I should organise a pro war rally? :devious2:

[byrdgirl13]

Originally posted by Bruce
We're having an anti-war protest today.

At 10:00 AM we're all gonna walk out of class. Taht's the plan anyway, can't say how many will follow through with it though...

Students from some high schools here are walking out at 10:20.

[tandoc]

Originally posted by Akalon
do you even know anyone that went to one?

I do know people who went to it.. thats why I posted.. because they went to WAG maths and science. Nor did any have a note from home or the school. I know this was planned, and yet still... people still don't plan, just show up.. jump around in fountains.. go crazy..

I don't want war. I have not bothered to look @ all the perspectives of this whole Iraq thing. I'm still a kid, I still haven't decided which side to take, becuase I don't know enough. Some kids were asked what they thought about Saddam Hussein.. and didn't know very much. If I knew the facts, and knew them from a direct source, then maybe I would show up to these rallys.

[keith]

i firmly believe it's the anti-war protestors who are convincing saddam to remain in power and not peacefully step aside. pretty ironic, isn't it?

[Webdude]

I wonder how stupid the protestors will feel when Saddam drops those biological and chemical weapons (that he doesnt have) onto the military against him? I guess that will be the ultimate proof against him.

On the other hand, Bush's carreer is over if Saddam DOESNT do it. And it will prove the protestors correct.

My own opinion is that this is no longer a war on terrorism, and no longer a war by America. This is Bush's war. A war between Bush and Saddam where no-one else has any control over it. In the last Congressional session, our idiot representatives and comgressmen gave Bush full war authority....so now, even Congress cant stop this war. Bush has the authority to declare and fulfill war all by himself. Really REALLY stupid thing for our Government to do.

[Jan]

Originally posted by Webdude
Really REALLY stupid thing for our Government to do.
AND dragging our Government into it :mad: John Howard's political days are numbered I feel. He has certainly divided the nation with his Bush * (okay, I won't be crude....had a lot of phrases I could have inserted there *)

[Moonman]

Originally posted by Webdude
A war between Bush and Saddam
So so true.

Originally posted by Jan
John Howard's political days are numbered I feel.
Agreed.

Originally posted by Jan
okay, I won't be crude....had a lot of phrases I could have inserted there
Hehehehe thats why most of the VCE students at my school have nicknamed him Johnny BendOver.

[byrdgirl13]

Originally posted by Webdude
I wonder how stupid the protestors will feel when Saddam drops those biological and chemical weapons (that he doesnt have) onto the military against him? I guess that will be the ultimate proof against him.

On the other hand, Bush's carreer is over if Saddam DOESNT do it. And it will prove the protestors correct.

I don't protest the war because I think Hussein is not dangerous; I'm sure he is. But I believe war is not the answer, and I believe Bush is also extremely dangerous. As you say, it has become a war between Bush and Hussein, but Bush is trying to drag the rest of the world into it; Bush's war will cost tens, maybe hundreds of thousands of people's lives. That isn't worth the end result. I say lock the two in a room together and let them duke it out with their fists if Bush wants a fight. But a war is not what we need; that can only make matters worse with other nations, especially those in the Middle East.

[Jan]

Infitting with Nicki's post I feel :)

A letter by Terry Jones to The Observer (England) Sunday January 26, 2003:

I'm really excited by George Bush's latest reason for bombing Iraq: he's running out of patience. And so am I!

For some time now I've been really pissed off with Mr Johnson, who lives a couple of doors down the street. Well, him and Mr Patel, who runs the health food shop. They both give me queer looks, and I'm sure Mr Johnson is planning something nasty for me, but so far I haven't been able to discover what. I've been round to his place a few times to see what he's up to, but he's got everything well hidden. That's how devious he is.

As for Mr Patel, don't ask me how I know, I just know - from very good sources - that he is, in reality, a Mass Murderer. I have leafleted the street telling them that if we don't act first, he'll pick us off one by one.

Some of my neighbours say, if I've got proof, why don't I go to the police?
But that's simply ridiculous. The police will say that they need evidence of a crime with which to charge my neighbours. They'll come up with endless red tape and quibbling about the rights and wrongs of a pre-emptive strike and all the while Mr Johnson will be finalising his plans to do terrible things to me, while Mr Patel will be secretly murdering people. Since I'm the only one in the street with a decent range of automatic firearms, I reckon it's up to me to keep the peace. But until recently that's been a little difficult. Now, however, George W. Bush has made it clear that all I need to do is run out of patience, and then I can wade in and do whatever I want!

And let's face it, Mr Bush's carefully thought-out policy towards Iraq is the only way to bring about international peace and security. The one certain way to stop Muslim fundamentalist suicide bombers targeting the US or the UK is to bomb a few Muslim countries that have never threatened us.

That's why I want to blow up Mr Johnson's garage and kill his wife and children. Strike first! That'll teach him a lesson. Then he'll leave us in peace and stop peering at me in that totally unacceptable way.

Mr Bush makes it clear that all he needs to know before bombing Iraq is that Saddam is a really nasty man and that he has weapons of mass destruction - even if no one can find them. I'm certain I've just as much justification for killing Mr Johnson's wife and children as Mr Bush has for bombing Iraq.

Mr Bush's long-term aim is to make the world a safer place by eliminating 'rogue states' and 'terrorism'. It's such a clever long-term aim because how can you ever know when you've achieved it? How will Mr Bush know when he's wiped out all terrorists? When every single terrorist is dead? But then a terrorist is only a terrorist once he's committed an act of terror. What about would-be terrorists? These are the ones you really want to eliminate, since most of the known terrorists, being suicide bombers, have already eliminated themselves.

Perhaps Mr Bush needs to wipe out everyone who could possibly be a future terrorist? Maybe he can't be sure he's achieved his objective until every Muslim fundamentalist is dead? But then some moderate Muslims might convert to fundamentalism. Maybe the only really safe thing to do would be for Mr Bush to eliminate all Muslims?

It's the same in my street. Mr Johnson and Mr Patel are just the tip of the iceberg. There are dozens of other people in the street who I don't like and who - quite frankly - look at me in odd ways. No one will be really safe until I've wiped them all out.

My wife says I might be going too far but I tell her I'm simply using the same logic as the President of the United States. That shuts her up.

Like Mr Bush, I've run out of patience, and if that's a good enough reason for the President, it's good enough for me. I'm going to give the whole street two weeks - no, 10 days - to come out in the open and hand over all aliens and interplanetary hijackers, galactic outlaws and interstellar terrorist masterminds, and if they don't hand them over nicely and say 'Thank you', I'm going to bomb the entire street to kingdom come.

It's just as sane as what George W. Bush is proposing - and, in contrast to what he's intending, my policy will destroy only one street.

[Kaliber]

Originally posted by Jan
AND dragging our Government into it :mad: John Howard's political days are numbered I feel. He has certainly divided the nation with his Bush * (okay, I won't be crude....had a lot of phrases I could have inserted there *) Have you heard of diplomacy? This is for the long term, I know whos side I would rather be on in another world war.

[anhedonia]

Nice article, Jan. :classic2: