They should take the advice of Kris Kristopherson. "If you work in the music or film insdustry, you should not discuss politics in public. If you do, you will never work again." Although he is an activist, he gladly paid the price for his music and film slump for discussing some of his views. He's still ontop of his game though.
That same freedom that allowed the Dixie Chicks to slam President Bush is the same freedom that allows radio stations and people to boycott. I always wondered why they did not slam Bush in Texas or any other place in the US. They had to do it abroad because they are cowards. Their sales have dropped by 35%. I guess it shows that it was a bad business move and Natalie Mains should have thought about it before she spoke, if she was concerned about their careers. Just goes to show who is patriotic and who is not. They showed their true colors and now they must pay the price. Personally, I hope they never recover from this and their careers are over. If they would have spoke this in the US, that would not be as bad but instead they went to a country that was mostly against the war (not anymore though!) and acted like spoiled brats.
Gwen, no, you should listen the news and not just take bits and pieces from it. Protesting the war is not terrorism. Please know the facts as this is how rumors get started. Oregon is the first state to take this stand. If you throw acid in a policemans face (like one protester did!), it will be considered terrorism. If you are blocking freeways and ambulances can't get through, this will be an act of terrorism. This happened and the protestors intent was to shut down the freeways until the war is over. That is not peaceful protesting in any stretch of the imagination. It causes fear in those who need to enter the city.
Peaceful protesting is not considered an act of terrorism. Throwing acid and stopping someone from receiving medical attention is. That can cause mass panic within a city. People were afraid to enter the city because of the protestors.
Another good example why protesting this war is so bad. Protest rallies etc. take hundreds of police officers off the street when they should be on guard against people trying to blow up buildings and spreading anthrax in a subway. Don't citizens have a right to be protected against terrorism? As long they protest and take away cops from what they should be doing (protecting US citizens from terrorists, not protestors!!!), they are not peacefully protesting. Come on. Throwing acid on a cop?? What they hell did he do? He is protecting them too. Protestors need to get a clue what is going on. They have tunnel vision and are more concerned that people will see their stupid slogans than receive protection from terrorists. How soon everybody forgot 9/11. What a crying shame.
[This message has been edited by TheWatchman (edited March 27, 2003).]
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