Antiwar protests.

Happy Friday!

With all of this talk of war, many of us will encounter "Peace Activists" who will try and convince us that we must refrain from retaliating against the ones who terrorized us all on September 11, 2001, and those who support terror. These activists may be alone or in a gathering . . . . .

most of us don't know how to react to them. When you come upon one of  these people, or one of their rallies, here are the proper rules of  etiquette:

1. Listen politely while this person explains their views.  Strike up a  conversation if necessary and look very interested in their ideas. They will tell you how revenge is immoral, and that by attacking the people who  did this to us, we will only bring on more violence.  They will probably use many arguments, ranging from political to religious to humanitarian.

2. In the middle of their remarks, without any warning, punch them in the nose.

3. When the person gets up off of the ground, they will be very angry and they may try to hit you, so be careful.

4. Very quickly and calmly remind the person that violence only brings about more violence and remind them of their stand on this matter.  Tell them if they are really committed to a non-violent approach to undeserved attacks, they will turn the other cheek and negotiate a solution. Tell them they must lead by example if they really believe what they are saying.

5. Most of them will think for a moment and then agree that you are correct.

6. As soon as they do that, hit them again. Only this time hit them much harder. Square in the nose.

7. Repeat steps 2-5 until the desired results are obtained and the idiot realizes how stupid of an argument he/she is making.

8. There is no difference in an individual attacking an unsuspecting victim or a group of terrorists attacking a nation of people. It is unacceptable and must be dealt with. Perhaps at a high cost.

We owe our military a huge debt for what they are doing for us and our children. 
We must support them and our leaders at times like these. We have no choice.
We either strike back, VERY HARD, or we will keep getting hit in the nose

Can you tell I'm SICK of hearing the people that don't support our President and our troops who are fighting for our freedom.  Oh yes, have a Happy Friday!

How different is the proportion of these two wars seen in American popular perception? If there is indeed a perception of both being in the same category - of 'moral' wars, somehow, that's very intrigueing - is it because WW1 in the US is associated with Woodrow Wilson's idealism?

nimh, the short version of my take on the American attitude toward WWI is that the introduction of American troops brought about an end to the appalling, pointless slaughter into which Europe had descended left to her own devices. America believes She won that war for you folks before you managed to kill of more of yourselves.

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Hmmm...that's NOT a denunciation, tw.

I didn't intend it to be. Why do you think I should denounce something with which I am completely uninvolved?

trespassers will wrote:

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Hmmm...that's NOT a denunciation, tw.

I didn't intend it to be. Why do you think I should denounce something with which I am completely uninvolved?

I've heard enough of those outraged demands to random Muslims and Muslim organisations to "denounce the 11 September attacks!" to agree with Tres here.

There is no reason anyone should be expected to denounce something he had nothing to do with. You hate being expected to denounce Saddam every time you express your disagreement with the war too, I gather, PD. So better come with a quote from Tres suggesting he had condoned or enncouraged this case, or move on ;-).