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somewhat awful???
sort of?
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Its just prep school talk. I tend to think that TFPers use their noodles and often already understand so there is no need to expound on the horrific details; I think we all can picture them.
I already addressed the "sort of" earlier.
I stopped and thought just a moment before typing "somewhat awful". I believe in law and order, and I do believe the 8's intention was to disrupt, and that it was premeditated and that their behavior was deplorable. But I dont believe the punishment fit the crime in the least. I am sympathetic to the protestors and their messages, and to their rights. I believe Mayor Daley took the opportunity to show his force of power to dismantle and squelch to an extreme. What if instead he had allowed them a permit to sleep in the park for a weekend and had provided music and a big party to shake a lot of attention away from the convention? That is What Governor McCall did in OR to avoid a similar situation. The state threw a big hippie party with good live bands and avoided all the injuries, bruhaha, mess, noise, expense, and opposition. It worked. There was a protest, but smaller, peaceful, and to the point. Of course it didnt change anything either.