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 | | From: | historymatters | | Subject: | Re: Army assholes kicked off campus - hooray! | | Date: | 23 Jan 2005 14:59:50 -0800 |
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israel t wrote:
> "Rich" writes:
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> > Right on Donna. Besides, the very people that protect that right
were
> > escorted off campus. One day, probably when we are gone
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> When you are all gone, Bush will not be able to invade other
countries at
> whim.
The type of incident that ocurred at SCCC is not new. Attempts to block
on-campus military (and other government agencies such as the CIA)
recuitement by anti-war students goes back to at least the Vietnam
years. However, as was the case at Oberlin in May 1967, protest groups
often agreed to refrain from physically blocking access by military
recruiters, but instead chose to use sit-ins, signing up for military
interviews to limit the number of appointments, and setting up strike
style picket lines to intimidate potential recruits. There also was
pro-war support groups counter-protesting against the anti-war groups.
I firmly believe in the right of peaceable assembly to protest against
the President's policies, and by extension the military recruitment of
college students, as I support that same right for those that support
it. However, physically blocking access to military recruiters on a
campus is no different to me than physically blocking access to
abortion clinics. There are more constructive and effective ways to
voice your opinion, remembering that you can't have it both ways.
JT
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| | From: | i2p6 west | | Subject: | Re: Army assholes kicked off campus - hooray! | | Date: | Sun, 23 Jan 2005 21:13:25 -0800 |
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| historymatters wrote:
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> The type of incident that ocurred at SCCC is not new.
You're damn right, son.
> There are more constructive and effective ways to
> voice your opinion,
You mean like voting and quietly going with the majority, no matter what.
Son, you don't know your American heritage.
> JT
Oh...that explains it...a mindless military moron.
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