Urine balloons and "die ins"

[UnrepentantSinner]

Oh where to begin with the qualifications for what I'm about to post? I could mention my opinion that the dichotomy of "the war is why you protest, the troops are why you can protest - both sides please keep this in mind." Or maybe by mentioning my desire to get T-shirt made with "No Blood for Oil" on one side and "God Bless America" on the other.

Nah... none of that is relevant.

The fact is, blocking traffic at rush hour is simply wrong. I hate to be an crass a$$, but when I hear about a fatality accident during rush hour that causes massive logjams, I am rarely sympathetic. So I sure as hell am not going to be sympathetic to protesters staging "die ins." My solution?

Urine balloons.

I'm not sure what local laws are about hurling items at protesters, but at the very least, a fussilade of urine balloons will, at the very least, test how committed the protesters are.

Wear a T-shirt.
Carry a sign.
Chant your slogans.
Just don't screw up rush hour any worse than it is already.

Note to "die in" participants. Pissing off 50-250,000 people doesn't ingratiate them to you cause.

 

[subgenius]

Oh where to begin with the qualifications for what I'm about to post? I could mention my opinion that the dichotomy of "the war is why you protest, the troops are why you can protest - both sides please keep this in mind." Or maybe by mentioning my desire to get T-shirt made with "No Blood for Oil" on one side and "God Bless America" on the other.

I share your ambivalence (that's not a bad thing: the ability to grasp two opposite concepts is a sign of a healthy mind).
I am not opposed to deposing Saddam, as long as we do it completely mindful of how we got ourselves to this point. And who got us there.
Those that don't remember history....

 

[subgenius]

By the way, on your other point, interference with traffic, has always been one of the few recognized constitutional limitations on the right to free speech.
You are on firm ground there.

 

[UnrepentantSinner]

Re: Re: Urine balloons and "die ins"

I share your ambivalence (that's not a bad thing: the ability to grasp two opposite concepts is a sign of a healthy mind).
I am not opposed to deposing Saddam, as long as we do it completely mindful of how we got ourselves to this point. And who got us there.
Those that don't remember history....

Heh, I go even further in that I'm actively supporting the removal of Saddam. I just disagree with the premises president Bush used to rush..er.. get us there.

Sometimes my abivalence makes me sick. I was watching Faux News this morning and they were "reporting so we could decide" about the Manhattan "die in." The sniggers were only slightly disguised by their sneers and sarcastic comments. Of course I agreed with their sentiment, but the smugness was a turnoff.

After my stomache was churning with jingoism, I flipped over to my current MVP for reporting this time around - MSNBC. They were discussing how coalition forces were kicking ass and I "Hu-ahhed!" every time they mentioned an engaged unit.

Oh, the conondrum this war presents... luckily conondrums make me need to pee so I can store up some urine balloons for those morons who think f-ing up my commute is "making a statement."