Thursday, September 11, 2008
on 9/11 it is important to remember that we 'should' have freedom in this country...
Quoted from the Blog of Carlos Miller:
As John McCain touted the virtues of freedom during his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention last week, hundreds of citizens, including a significant number of journalists, were getting arrested for the crime of “unlawful assembly.”
They were rounded up like cattle by indistinguishable police officers clad in riot gear and gas masks. They were doused with pepper spray and suffocated with smoke bombs. And they were stripped of their rights and dignity and in many cases, their journalistic credentials and cameras.
By the time McCain had finished his speech, more than 300 people had been arrested. And so far, not a single account that any had been acting out in violence.
They were rounded up like cattle by indistinguishable police officers clad in riot gear and gas masks. They were doused with pepper spray and suffocated with smoke bombs. And they were stripped of their rights and dignity and in many cases, their journalistic credentials and cameras.
By the time McCain had finished his speech, more than 300 people had been arrested. And so far, not a single account that any had been acting out in violence.
"Thomas Jefferson, the Father of Democracy, would have been disgusted, judging by his following comment.
“The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.”
Jefferson would have been especially peeved at the arrests of the journalists.
Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.”"
Countess Bedelia 9/11/2008 10:50:00 PM