What Did They Expect To Accomplish? [Ken Scram (Komo-Seattle) Commentary on anti-war protests]

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[HairOfTheDog]

Ken Schram Commentary: What Did They Expect To Accomplish?

February 18, 2003
 
By Ken Schram

 

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SEATTLE - Maybe it was the courage of their convictions?

Or it could it have been the strength of their beliefs?

Personally, I think it was that the morning temperature exceeded their collective I.Q.

The kindest thing that can be said about the demonstrators who thought they'd score anti-war points with their traffic antics on 520 Tuesday morning is that they were misguided.

What did they really expect to accomplish?

Let's see, how about giving people more time to think about the futility of war by making them late for work?

Wait. Reverse psychology. Maybe they wanted to get folks P.O.'d to the point of blaming President Bush for FORCING the protestors to risk alienating the very people they want support from?

Or how about this possibility: The yahoos that pulled off this stunt are actually in cahoots with those who SUPPORT war with Iraq.

Yeah, that's it. Embarrass the anti-war effort by creating the impression that really, really stupid people are the only ones who could possibly be opposed to military action against Saddam Hussein.

Just round up a few shills with a good young-to-middle-aged demographic, set them loose on the freeway under the guise of peace, and watch the frolic and mayhem unfold.

That's gotta be it: A diabolical plot to foster support for war by pretending to be protesting for peace.

Either that, or these folks are dumber than rocks.

Want to share your thoughts with Ken Schram? You can e-mail him at kenschram@komo4news.com

[Right_Wing_Mole_In_Seattle]

I always feel a little dirty when I agree with Ken Schram, but I don't think it was necessarily low IQs that prompted the incident. The protest had nothing to do with anti-war sentiment or political views. It was sheer egotism, pure and simple. "I am so important that I can disrupt thousands of people's lives in order to make my voice heard." It doesn't matter what that voice was saying.

[Psycho_Bunny]

It has to do with the way the traffic system is setup in Seattle.

[Robert357]

Celsius, its a lower number and on that morning could have been close to nothing on a per person basis.

[Robert357]

I'm missing something...is blocking the highway supposed to make me sympathetic to their cause?

One needs to understand that WTO riots, peace protests, etc. are class warfare. Class warfare is about intimidation and not about winning hearts and minds.

If one looks at the way the democratic party has used Medicare, Healthcare, welfare rights, school lunch programs, education, income tax reductions, affirmative action, slavery monitary reparations and a host of issues against the elected Republicans, one can see a pattern of class verbal warefare. The peace activists have just upped it a notch and taken it to the streets.

[LibertarianLiz]

The end times are near... Ken Schram is making sense! HA!

LOL! I was thinking pretty much the same thing. Maybe Schram was on 520, that might explain it.

[Dark Knight]

My parents learned something from an Elderhostel that is priceless in Washington, next to the Canadian border.

30's hot
20's nice
10 is cold
0's ice

Kind of puts Celsius into perspective.

DK