The Peace Movement

[Hate Your State]

I've been watching this enormous peace movement be completely ignored by mainstream media and my government (Canadian Liberals). It is already larger than any movement in solidarity with the people of Vietnam, far larger.

I have heard radical speeches made by spittingly angry anti-war activists, I've seen effigies of Bush burnt in the streets, I have even seen people arrested by heavily armed police. It's quite obvious that our politicians won't represent our hatred of this war strongly enough in Parliament, so we naturally express our opinion by marching through the streets.

Still we are ignored. The majority opposes the war, and in a democratic society, our opinion would be heeded. How long until the US and Canada start completely suppressing this movement? All it does is cause them trouble domestically, and we know how much George Bush likes to ignore domestic problems.

I predict that within this year (2003), the American government will order immediate suppression of the peace movement, dispersing crowds with tear gas and batons. You'll see this happen as the protesters become more desperate and try more bold publicity stunts in an effort to get noticed by the media. Canada will likely follow suit.

Comments?

(Edited by Hate Your State at 4:32 am on Mar. 4, 2003)

[4514]

glass bottles full of petrol and nails and a flaming rag out the top, police brutality stops with the peoples fist
4514

[Cobber]

I don't think your predictions are too far off the mark. Like your government, mine (Australian Liberals) are deaf to the public outcry - our Prime Minister described the 250,000 who gathered in Hyde Park on 16/2 as an ignorant and uneducated "mob", believing the silent majority to favour his opinions.

As for tear gas and batons, I would like to think our police have more good sense - but then again I may just be naive.

[deimos]

let them fight the movement with tear grenades-such weapons will make the movement even stronger.

[Hate Your State]

4515, i've already started my preparations for this.

[Pete]

Welcome Comrade Hate Your State and Comrade 4515.

I must disagree with you. Jean will not blindly follow the Americans. He has 11 months left. He will make a legacy. Trudeau was one of his idols, and Trudeau liked to piss the yanks off. In these next 11 months I can see Canada moving closer to France, instead of England or America, for the first time in 230 years...

[CheViveToday]

Canada, France, and Germany all opposing the U.S. and this war? Sounds like a damn good plan to me.

[Pete]

Jean has already tabled a comprimise, although I can seem him caving to euro powers before American powers because of all the insults America has sent him over the last 3 years.

[CheViveToday]

Is he the one, who near the anniversary of 9/11, said that it was the U.S.'s own fault for their poor foreign policy? Everybody got so pissed about that, but I remember thinking......Why get angry with someone for being right?

[Pete]

That was our PM :) I am so prooud of him for saying that :)

[Pete]

Jean also punched a nosy journalist and got a pie in the face during an election campaign and throttled the guy who did it!

[Felicia]

yeah, lol, and he also grabbed another guy by the throat and shook him around a bit :biggrin:
And there was the "moron" comment made at Bush by one of Jeans aids. And the other liberal canadian MP that said "those americans, I hate those bastards" about the US starting shit with Iraq......... I love my country...... not to mention that Trudeau loves Fidel, and if Jean loves Trudeau........ we all love Fidel....ok, bad logic :biggrin:

Unfortunately France has dismissed our compromise plan, BUT Mexico and Chile support us and have invited us to a meeting of non-permanent members of the security council coming up. Maybe I'm getting a bit ahead of myself here, but perhaps this could mean a stronger relationship with Latin America........ it's about frickin time :)

[Non-Sectarian Bastard!]

loOoOL Great action.

A very cool leftist(I think) with attitude!

Please give me a link about him.

(Edited by CCCP at 2:38 pm on Mar. 5, 2003)

[Pete]

I don't know if you can call him Leftist. But here is a bio that seems to be fairly good. I'll look for another.

PM Jean (http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761579483)

[Felicia]

well, compared to american politics, he's a leftist, lol. But within the liberal party, I'd say that he was left-liberal. And that's why I would vote liberal in the next election....if he wasn't retiring, but he is, so I don't know. I think that at the last minute he should be like "oh yeah, a slight change in plans..... I'm running for another term"... I'd love it! :) *blows kiss to Jean* Yoohoo, Jean ;) ..... no, just kidding :biggrin:

[Pete]

HES 67!! Ewww Fel!! That's gross. LOL.

I think I will have to go NDP, or maybe CPC depending on where I am living. The CPC doesn't run here :( we are too small of an area and too conservative :(

[Felicia]

Quote: from CrazyPete on 11:05 am on Mar. 5, 2003
HES 67!! Ewww Fel!! That's gross. LOL.

I think I will have to go NDP, or maybe CPC depending on where I am living. The CPC doesn't run here :( we are too small of an area and too conservative :(
67? really? Ah darn, I'll have to find someone else then ;)
Can we even vote CPC? I don't think that they're on the ballot.... but I wouldn't know, I've never voted before :P But I'm sure that I'll change my mind when the time comes.... I was planning on running for MLA for the next local elections..... for CPC.... when I join them, lol, the marxist-leninist party of canada are just a buch of lazy asses. I've requested registration information twice over the past year and I've gotten nothing in return, the CPC seems to be trying harder to make a difference, so they'll get my money, lol :)

[Hate Your State]

Last I heard the Communist Party of Canada turned into the NDP, and that was a LONG time ago. If it's still around, I haven't heard of any significant achievements or even seen any of their campaigning.

All communists do anyways is put out boring newspapers and beg for donations.