"Sedition" she cries.
"Of course" I reply, "That's what NeoCon apologists do".
Apparently, the students of UC Santa Cruz have decided enough is enough with the Recruiters on campus, and while clicking through her links, I have seen that some there are the usual sort of blackblock quasi anarchists, I can't help but think that this kind of political action may be the inevitable result of a Government which is clearly out of control.
I can't help but think, as well, with alot of faces in these pictures not exactly your typical anarchist types, that maybe things have reached a point where average college kids think beyond jagermeister and their genitals, and realize they could be doing something. Maybe not.
What I reject, of course, is the suggestion that this kind of thing is "anti-troop". No, the vile "baby killer" rhetoric of some in the student left of the 60's was "anti-troop". This is "anti-more troops".
Is it an empty, pointless exercise? Perhaps, but again, I can't help but be heartened that students may be pulling their heads out of their asses.
a friend of mine lives in Bed-Stuy....a very poor area of brooklyn. she lives there because she's got a really great deal on a really large apartment and she just figures she'll be careful and not get robbed or assaulted even though she's a pretty young blonde. she's lived there about 2 years and so far successfully avoided those events.
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for the past couple weeks, she's seen at least one Army recruiter a day standing on the street corner soliciting the "see the world" campaign to young, poor black youth.
i, on the other hand, planted safely in the confines of the UpperEastSide, in an overpriced semi-great space just around the corner from the 92nd St. Y and the Guggenheim.....have seen ZERO Army recruiters camped out on my corners.
Funny how that works out, eh?
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