Re: The UK march agaimst Bush

On 17 Nov 2003 14:53:40 GMT, Matthew Huntbach <mmh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

>Of course they have that right. However, my understanding is that these
>parades were often big things, attended by civic dignitaries and the 
>like. They were held in New York and other major cities. I never heard
>of anyone organising a counter-protest, pointing out that the IRA were
>unjustified terrorists and the Sinn Fein political party existed solely
>to be their mouthpieces.

In a democracy, one learns to ignore loud drunken fools. It is
doubtful that many of them were smart enough to understand `counter
protest'. The New York parade is not what it used to be now that
homo***ual activists have demanded to join with their antics.