Reply to: Police Remove Ant-War Protest Banner

[AlfredJPruffock]

As execrable as the current situation is for Iraqi children, most of the world media, appallingly, does not see it as a story to be covered.

Even back in November 2004, surveys conducted by the UN, aid agencies and the interim Iraqi government showed that acute malnutrition among young children had nearly doubled since the US-led invasion took place in the spring of 2004.

A Washington Post story, "Children Pay Cost of Iraq's Chaos," read, "After the rate of acute malnutrition among children younger than 5 steadily declined to 4 percent two years ago, it shot up to 7.7 percent this year, according to a study conducted by Iraq's Health Ministry in cooperation with Norway's Institute for Applied International Studies and the U.N. Development Program.

The new figure translates to roughly 400,000 Iraqi children suffering from "wasting," a condition characterized by chronic diarrhea and dangerous deficiencies of protein."


Matthew 18:6

But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to suffer, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea

[bogeyman]

Now now, don't start bringing logic to this board.

Phew! panic over.

His supreme wankyness has returned to 'normal'

[threaded]

IF thats was threaded then its probably too late for him to get help!

Mailman

Now now, don't start bringing logic to this board.

[Mailman]

Martin Niemoller?
More disturbingly, I once worked with a guy who started sending emails with similar content before he topped himself.

If that's you Threaded, get help

IF thats was threaded then its probably too late for him to get help!

Mailman

[bogeyman]

Als die Nazis die Kommunisten holten,
habe ich geschwiegen;
ich war ja kein Kommunist.

Als sie die Sozialdemokraten einsperrten,
habe ich geschwiegen;
ich war ja kein Sozialdemokrat.

Als sie die Gewerkschafter holten,
habe ich nicht protestiert;
ich war ja kein Gewerkschafter.

Als sie die Juden holten,
habe ich nicht protestiert;
ich war ja kein Jude.

Als sie mich holten,
gab es keinen mehr, der protestieren konnte.

Martin Niemoller?

Do you think someone has hijacked Threaded's password?

More disturbingly, I once worked with a guy who started sending emails with similar content before he topped himself.

If that's you Threaded, get help

[The Lone Gunman]

Als die Nazis die Kommunisten holten,
habe ich geschwiegen;
ich war ja kein Kommunist.

Als sie die Sozialdemokraten einsperrten,
habe ich geschwiegen;
ich war ja kein Sozialdemokrat.

Als sie die Gewerkschafter holten,
habe ich nicht protestiert;
ich war ja kein Gewerkschafter.

Als sie die Juden holten,
habe ich nicht protestiert;
ich war ja kein Jude.

Als sie mich holten,
gab es keinen mehr, der protestieren konnte.

gnau. I think I said this before somewhere.

[Churchill]

They need to redo the traffic system around the square, closing it off so you can actually enjoy it without being nearly run over by speed limited busses and taxis!

AND...3m is far too much space...should be 3cm!

Mailman

Whatever amount of air you breathe during a day is an obvious waste too!

[threaded]

Als die Nazis die Kommunisten holten,
habe ich geschwiegen;
ich war ja kein Kommunist.

Als sie die Sozialdemokraten einsperrten,
habe ich geschwiegen;
ich war ja kein Sozialdemokrat.

Als sie die Gewerkschafter holten,
habe ich nicht protestiert;
ich war ja kein Gewerkschafter.

Als sie die Juden holten,
habe ich nicht protestiert;
ich war ja kein Jude.

Als sie mich holten,
gab es keinen mehr, der protestieren konnte.

[Mailman]

They need to redo the traffic system around the square, closing it off so you can actually enjoy it without being nearly run over by speed limited busses and taxis!

AND...3m is far too much space...should be 3cm!

Mailman

[BobTheCrate]

Whatever one's views on Iraq and this protest, isn't it absurd that a few placards can be breaches of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act.

Of course it is absurd and it is the application of laws intended for serious threats but being applied to non-serious civil issues that is the worrying thing.

Brian Haw and his things shoud have been removed under other existing legislation, probably enforcable by the borough council. No need for the Police at all. Maybe it was his human rights that blocked existing civil legislation ?

[DodgyAgent]

The moron and benefit bludger has been protesting there for the last 5 years!

How much is too much?

The guy is the ultimate fair weather protester...only going after the easy targets and always avoiding the tough ones.

Mailman

Brian Haw has captured the moral high ground that puts him beyond challenge, he is there he claims to protest on behalf of the thousands of especially children who have died since the war started. People support him becaue they enjoy basking in the reflection of his morality. Whilst he probably does care (I am sure that if Saddam Hussein was reinstated and doubled the killings he would shut up and move on), what is clear is that his protest is more about him than it is about anything else. He is probably a disfunctional father and a benefit scrounger and he is certainly a person who cannot really be taken seriously.
Although he is a nutter he does bring the whole Iraq thing to people's attention. He also adds a certain amount of "character" to Parliament square. He should not be banned but simply made to reduce the amount of space that he occupies.

[Mailman]

The moron and benefit bludger has been protesting there for the last 5 years!

How much is too much?

The guy is the ultimate fair weather protester...only going after the easy targets and always avoiding the tough ones.

Mailman

[Churchill]

The Flow is like a vast ocean.
Use it — it cannot be drained.
How deep it is!
It seems to be the origin of all things.
So profound — there is always more.
Its creator is a mystery.
It has existed long before the gods.

http://www.kisa.ca/daodejing.html

[threaded]

The Flow is like a vast ocean.
Use it — it cannot be drained.
How deep it is!
It seems to be the origin of all things.
So profound — there is always more.
Its creator is a mystery.
It has existed long before the gods.

[xoggoth]

Whatever one's views on Iraq and this protest, isn't it absurd that a few placards can be breaches of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act. What does it have to do with Organised crime? How is it serious?

So what's a trivial crime? Judging from recent news, rape and murder it seems.