[Free-sklyarov-uk] More Press Coverage

Theodore Hong twh1 at doc.ic.ac.uk
Thu, 2 Aug 2001 11:22:51 +0100


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Anton Chterenlikht <a.chterenlikht at sheffield.ac.uk> wrote:
> Julian T J Midgley wrote:
> > On Thu, 2 Aug 2001 kb1 at oisin.snaz.co.uk wrote:
> > > Can we get our hands on a copy of the DMCA to burn?
> >
> > Though it's a nice idea (and I'm sure a Google search would turn up a
> > copy), I'd rather we didn't burn things, as doing so makes it utterly
> > trivial for the police to demand that the protest break up (and since
> > burning things in the street probably involves commiting several offenc=
es,
> > it also makes it far too easy for people to be arrested, which we would
> > like to avoid).
>=20
> I agree.
> This is probably what the palestinian protesters (they are at the US emba=
ssy
> after us) will do: burn amerian flags, burn "uncle Sam" etc. I'd like to
> distant from this. I think that we'll have much bigger impact on the emba=
ssy
> itself if we'll be totally peaceful.

Yep.  I also think it's important to stay focused on the issue at hand and
not degenerate into random "rah, rah, US bad, kill, kill" stuff.

theo


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