Carlo Giuliani vs. corporate juggernaut

[elSicomoro]

Damn tw...about time you got back into the foray...

Originally posted by tw
Great leaders of civil unrest did so "non-violently". They also represented a cause.

Exactly. The best leaders were those who were nonviolent. MLK, Gandhi...they posed a threat to the system because they created change without resorting to force. Malcolm X too in his last few years. The government doesn't care about the militant types...well, they do. BUT I think the government only gives them a brief glance.

There is no cause in these street riots. Based upon interviews, most demonstrator rioters don't even have a clue about they they are rioting over. They don't even know the facts. They have been educated in the knowledge of Action News.

Okay, don't even get me started on that news station that is about 25 years behind the modern world. I can't believe how many people on phl.media defend that crap as news...like NBC10 is the only station in Philadelphia to sling shit. Hardly...

Now then...there can be no doubt that there are a handful of people...maybe even several hundred or thousand...that believe in whatever grievance they have against the G8, the WTO, the IMF, and/or the World Bank. But like New Kids on the Block, Lava Lamps, and the dot-com boom, everyone wants to hop on for the ride. Not to take away from the seriousness of the grievances, but it seems like these protests are a sort of fad of the moment.