Susan Sarandon fears she let friends and family down at this year's Oscar ceremony by refusing to make a strong anti-war statement. The actress and partner Tim Robbins were both blasted for waving the peace sign at cameras as they arrived at the star-studded bash, but Sarandon insists it wasn't enough. The movie star, who enraged Academy bosses in 1993 by using her presenting role to speak out about Hiv-infected Haitian refugees who were being detained by the American government, now wishes she had been more vocal at this year's ceremony. She says, "I feel that I failed at the Oscars this year - the ceremony was so discouraging. I had all these different peace buttons, but people were terrified of wearing them. One person, who shall remain nameless, said, 'It doesn't really go with my necklace.' I just kept thinking, 'I've been so outspoken at marches and on TV, what am I going to say that's new?' A lot of people expected me to do something outrageous."
This is a great point. And let's not fool ourselves for a second by believing these events weren't coordinated on some level. It would be foolish to believe that the enemies of Western Civ. that were on parade in Trafalgar Square do not include terrorist sympathizers and a few thousand 'would-be' "Johnny Walker's"
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Placing the "Socialist Workers" logo on all their placards was a pretty good clue to their true colors as well.