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Originally posted by Ronn_Bman:
I think the focus on France is because they are seen to be the leader of the anti-war movement. The French government is the most vocal, so it gets the most press.
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Yep...as the old saying goes, "The squeaky wheel gets the grease."
I'm with Cloudy. When we were watching all of the protests, the one in France wherein people were vandalizing the McDonalds seemed, to us, to be one of the stupidest! That would have been like us going down to a local store bearing a French name and destroying it, even though it was owned by a neighbor. Pretty stupid way to make a point IMNSHO.
RE: the rest of the protests...Well, I am a firm supporter of people's right to peacefully protest. And, to be fair, there were LOTS of peaceful protests, and they got their message out without vandalizing anything, or throwing rocks, or disrupting traffic, etc. Unfortunately, very few of those actually got any press time. It was only the ones where people were, lets be brutally honest, STUPID that got the press.
One last thing...
Now, I dont mean to get off on a [img]graemlins/rant.gif[/img] here, but...
I have nothing but respect for those who are willing to stand up for what they believe in, and voice their opinions, even when I dont agree with them. But, if they're going to do it, they should at least have the courage to show their faces and be proud of their stand. The people in San Fran(and elsewhere) who's faces were covered by masks/scarves are COWARDS, pure and simple. If they dont even have the guts to show their faces and stand up for what they believe in, then they dont deserve to have the right to say it!
That's just my opinion...I could be wrong.