tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032021663606908819.post5019648909552850955..comments2024-01-20T21:17:03.430-05:00Comments on "Sweetness, and Light": "Night of Nights"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12914769586760504627noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032021663606908819.post-15896273260732995862014-12-15T18:23:22.840-05:002014-12-15T18:23:22.840-05:00What I wonder is why do the cops have to come out ...What I wonder is why do the cops have to come out in riot gear and confront peaceful demonstrators in in the first place? True, there are likely to be some troublemakers in every such crowd - the anarchist brigade, typically - but they're a small minority, not representative of the protest as a whole. So why is it needful to send out an army of heavily armored cops every time a crowd of demonstrators exercise their 1st Amendment rights? Unless of course that Amendment & the document it comes from are effectively null & void. <br /><br />The incident in Oakland with the unmasked agent provocateur suggests that the authorities *want* trouble. They want peaceful demonstrators to have the crap beaten out of them & to be arrested, & they want to manufacture excuses for doing these things, & for spuriously making non-violent protestors look like hooligans or " terrorists." <br /><br />In fact it seems reasonable to infer that the police and the authorities who control them actively wish to perpetuate a state of affairs in which they can continue to summarily execute young black men and boys on sight, with impunity for themselves. So I guess maybe the death squads are already here. <br /><br />ZAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032021663606908819.post-3571684653728724772014-12-15T04:58:15.682-05:002014-12-15T04:58:15.682-05:00Yes this is most likely true. The true ideals of t...Yes this is most likely true. The true ideals of the Republic are fatally wounded. If nothing else perhaps this day, and night shows that the Good people will not let the Dream go down without a fight.<br /><br />Bless you your friend's kids, and everyone that had the Heart to do something in the face of the gathering Darkness. For this they will be remembered. As is said, "...They are Worthy of a Song".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12914769586760504627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032021663606908819.post-91384943112360911792014-12-15T02:51:23.073-05:002014-12-15T02:51:23.073-05:00Several friends whom I visited today also particip...Several friends whom I visited today also participated in a similar demo here on the coast. Their teenage daughter was arrested and spent some time in a holding cell. It was, they told me, a truly disgusting filthy cell. Their son, also a teenager, got clubbed with a truncheon for coming to a young woman's aid whom the cops were beating. He was bruised on the face. I have great respect for these people for choosing to participate in this non-violent (except on the part of the police) action in support of justice. It's a great thing so many came out to protest. <br /><br />However, this does not mean there is hope. This ex-republic and the constitution which was its essence are dead, and will stay dead. <br /><br />ZAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com