Losers And Winners
So a group of about 200 anti-war protesters change the original route of a planned march and head to a military recruiting station. One jerk, wearing a mask - my, what a brave act - throws paint on the storefront. The mask didn't help, though, the police arrested the budding thug. I think anyone who has read this blog knows I stand pretty firmly for free speech. Let me repeat what I've said before: vandalism is not free speech. Attempting to silence people you disagree with is not free speech, either. It's thuggery. And those that march with thugs are tainted by the association.
So there we have a group of losers. But there were winners, too. When military personnel set about cleaning up the mess, about a half a dozen students stepped up to help. Spontaneously. Not a planned act, not a demonstration organized by activists. Just average people who were embarrassed by the actions of the thugs.
Those are the winners in my book.
By Scrapiron, Saturday, 29 April , 2006 @ 11:03 pm
Contact the Military Recruiters and have them find the kids that helped with the clean up and give them a full four year scholarship to the college of their choice, as long as it’s not one of the anti-american liberal arts waste of time institutions.