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Mar 18, 03
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War, too protest or not?
Well i'd like to say that I will be out there protesting every day that the war goes on. I at one time was big into activism, i was even banned from metrotown mall after we took over a Nike store chanting and refusing to leave. I was almost arrested at a tibet protest till they found out i was 14....
anyway back to the point, it seems i just dont have the tolerance....its like no matter how hard you try nothing ever ever changes. And in activism you are not only fighting the ("evil doers" haha) but you have to fight the dead weight of people who refuse to give an opinion as well as the militant activists who make everything worse, and the ignorant who prase the act you are fighting. plus it becomes depressing because the first rule of activism is to know EVERYTHING about your cause, this is alot of research into what is often very depressing. when 9/11 happened i just stopped watching the news because it was just too sad for me too watch i think that my point here is that we all have reasons for not fighting, not speaking up. We work to much, we cant handle the stress and on and on.......but i think this is a time where it is important to put our own limitations aside and do what's right for mankind. just a rant to go with the others...... thanx fNk protest society whuT.....haha anyone interested? 
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Mar 18, 03
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Stand up for what you believe in!!!
AGROout
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Mar 18, 03
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Mar 19, 03
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shannon i'm so down to protest...i just need to research a little more
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Mar 19, 03
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If you really want to protest against your government's decisions, stop standing around shouting like idiots while hoping for a spot on the six o'clock news and get into politics. The only way you will ever incite change is by working it from the inside.
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Mar 19, 03
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this is silly
http://www.drparsons.fsnet.co.uk/georg.html
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Mar 19, 03
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Mar 19, 03
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True enough. Still, if at least one politician can keep to their original objectives, if even in the slightest of ways, that one person near the top of the pack can incite more change than a million near the bottom worldwide (the fact there's gonna be a war in Iraq is more than enough proof).
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Mar 19, 03
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Well, I do agree with you, and I don't. heh I think that the mass unpopularity of the Vietnam war really didn't help it, and it was one of the main reasons that the united states ended up pulling out (of course, after all too many lives were lost.) Massive protests actually do have a positive effect...look at how the Million Man March on Washington in the 1960s profoundly changed things.. I believe that there is so much power to be had in numbers, but I feel a bit differently about protesters today than say in the 1960s... Anyways, the whole part about politics can ring true in many situations. I know a lot of politicians on a federal/municipal/provincial level who really stand up for what they feel passionate about, but it all takes time. The problem with poltics is if you want to change things, especially in the way that the Canadian government is structured, it takes far too long to get things accomplished. It's an ancient system in dire need of change.
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