DaveC
Blue Crack Addict
On Wednesday, Mr George W Bush himself is sullying the good image of my fine city of Halifax by stepping off a plane and making his way to Pier 21 downtown.
Mass protests are planned. There's a big rally in front of the Library at school and then a march down to Pier 21 to protest.
I want to go.
My qualm is if I should or not. The last time a big event was here with the G-7 Finance Ministers, there was a smaller protest. But that one got broken up with tear gas and riot police (even though the protest was pretty peaceful). The cops even tore up a downtown mall when they tried to trap all the protesters inside so they could arrest them. The protesters smashed apart stores to get to the emergency exits so they could escape.
Now, I don't know about you all but I'm not really partial to being gassed and trapped inside malls. If I went I'm sure I'd be peaceful, but I certainly wouldn't want to be trapped in a protest with riot cops and tear gas and things being thrown in case things actually got out of hand.
So should I go or should I stay home and cheer from the sidelines, and watch the highlights on the evening news?
Mass protests are planned. There's a big rally in front of the Library at school and then a march down to Pier 21 to protest.
I want to go.
My qualm is if I should or not. The last time a big event was here with the G-7 Finance Ministers, there was a smaller protest. But that one got broken up with tear gas and riot police (even though the protest was pretty peaceful). The cops even tore up a downtown mall when they tried to trap all the protesters inside so they could arrest them. The protesters smashed apart stores to get to the emergency exits so they could escape.
Now, I don't know about you all but I'm not really partial to being gassed and trapped inside malls. If I went I'm sure I'd be peaceful, but I certainly wouldn't want to be trapped in a protest with riot cops and tear gas and things being thrown in case things actually got out of hand.
So should I go or should I stay home and cheer from the sidelines, and watch the highlights on the evening news?