Why America is weak

By ELIZABETH LeSURE
Associated Press Writer

March 5, 2003, 7:24 PM EST


NEW YORK -- Hundreds of students from around the city opted for anti-war rallies over class on Wednesday, gathering at Hunter College as part of a national student strike against U.S. military action in Iraq.

"Students, this war has to be stopped," speaker Daniela Cornejo, a 19-year-old City University of New York student, told the cheering crowd. "Every individual has the power to do this."

The rally united college and high school students in opposition to the war. Many of the younger group gathered in Union Square and Washington Square Park, then marched or rode the subways _ dubbed "peace trains" for the day _ to the East Side rally.

"If we don't come out, then our opinion isn't heard by the White House, by anyone," said 10th-grader Bernard Mantel, 16, who was among several Dalton School students gathering at Union Square.

The students carried colorful banners and peace signs, with some dancing to the beat of drums carried by demonstrators. It was a peaceful gathering, with one arrest for disorderly conduct after a brief scuffle between students and police in Union Square.

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A coalition of peace activist groups also planned a "National Moratorium to Stop the War on Iraq" for Wednesday and asked people to call in sick or close their businesses to show their anti-war sentiment.

Later Wednesday, more than 250 protesters marched past the midtown Manhattan offices of Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Charles Schumer, both D-N.Y., where they lit candles and shouted anti-war slogans.

Not everyone agreed with the anti-war sentiment. Sisters Kate and Allie Dunn came down from Westchester County to express their support of the Bush administration.

"Remember 9/11?" asked a sign carried by 18-year-old Kate.

UMM any LT's? airstrike airstrike!

"It's like this war is bad, like, the UN have views, that like, the Bush uumm people like, dont listen too, like, we should all like, come like, together, like peace is like, good, and maybe like, we should like, talk, like to this like Husam guy, like I'm sure, like he would like, understand, like were we are like, coming from, like one time, this girl like, said "hey" and I was like "Hey" so you like, see, like everybody should like, hug or like, go shopping. woohoo like I cant believe like I'm on TV, like wow, will this be on like, the news, like I can tell my like friends, like wow, I got out of like class, and like now I'm like famous, like I bet I can like get noticed like and be like, on the next like Teen Idol"

Boo you are to silly

Bender: "I refuse to fight! I'm a concientious objector."
Fry: "A what?"
Bender: "You know, a coward."

Silly pascifists, don't realize that their actions on demanding peace today will not only lead to further atrocities by Saddam's regime on his own people but also certain future catastrophy for the U.S. and others.

"That's all I have to say about that" - F. Gump

Iceman41

[Ruci]

Hundreds of students? Kinda a weak turnout for such a large city.

Right on. This is the pro-war thread for people who have half a wit.

[Ruci]

Go fuck yourself El Cid.

[Evan]

Originally posted by Ruci
Go fuck yourself El Cid.

Uh-huh..

If that was a joke, I didn't get it.

Originally posted by Ruci
Go fuck yourself El Cid.

hmmm. So Ruci can you articulate your ideas? Or is it just one mass impulse that you succumb too by jotting off occasional flares such as the one you left for me. Nobody asked for your opinion anyway. Thousands of students can skip school and march against our government, thats their right, do I say anything? No. But when I start a thread pointing out how absurd it is that US citizens march against a democraticly elected administration which is trying to dismantle a dangerous dictator who has gassed his own people I have to read be bothered with idiotic statements like the one you just made. This is why America is weak. Thanks tough guy.

I believe Ruci is a card-carrying right winger like the rest of us. I think this is just a misunderstanding.

[Evan]

What a "misunderstanding"..

Originally posted by COL.BUKKAKE
"It's like this war is bad, like, the UN have views, that like, the Bush uumm people like, dont listen too, like, we should all like, come like, together, like peace is like, good, and maybe like, we should like, talk, like to this like Husam guy, like I'm sure, like he would like, understand, like were we are like, coming from, like one time, this girl like, said "hey" and I was like "Hey" so you like, see, like everybody should like, hug or like, go shopping. woohoo like I cant believe like I'm on TV, like wow, will this be on like, the news, like I can tell my like friends, like wow, I got out of like class, and like now I'm like famous, like I bet I can like get noticed like and be like, on the next like Teen Idol"

I know you're exaggerating, but the sad part is that it's damn near an exact quote, given the poor, brainwashed idiots I heard on the radio today.

i have to explain everything to my wife about what's going on and to quote her " I think all those people(protestors) should go live over there(Iraq) for a few months and then come back and ask them what they think'

that's my baby.........

I'm saying, and I may be wrong, that Ruci may have interpreted the title of the thread, and thought that it was an actual assessment of America. I believe that Ruci has made some very anti-pinko posts in the past, and that he is not one of them. This is my explanation for the f'yourself eruption; not that he is a pinko himself.