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Amen-Moses · 02-15-2003, 02:27 PM

... would over a million people queue quietly (ish) in the freezing cold for 4.5 hours to hear a black american talk about not killing muslims but England?

Awesome sight, fantastic turnout, great speeches, I just wish I could have been there myself.

To put the whole thing in perspective on the same day football teams all over England were competing for quarter final places in the FA Cup which is to us equivalent to the Superbowl!

Southampton (my local team) won 2-0 btw.

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Amen-Moses · 02-15-2003, 02:28 PM

btw is Jesse Jackson as good a public speaker as MLK?

(pretend this is a poll if you want.

)

Amen-Moses

mecca777 · 02-15-2003, 02:39 PM

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btw is Jesse Jackson as good a public speaker as MLK?

Nope. But I'd take him over Michael Foot any day.

Nah, the pics on TV looked supremely excellent. Organisers say 2m, police say 750k. Split the difference, that's over 1.3m people marching peacefully through London - and not a health nor safety problem in sight! I wonder if Tessa Jowell caught the news today?

And the big news of the day was clearly the FA Cup. Sunderland must be wishing they'd gone on the march instead...

Amen-Moses · 02-15-2003, 02:42 PM

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Originally posted by mecca777
Nope. But I'd take him over Michael Foot any day.

Red Ken was on form wasn't he! He even got in a jibe about traffic congestion (or rather the lack of it on the day), what a class act!

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Nataraja · 02-15-2003, 03:03 PM

I don't like JJ very much, I find him too sanctimonious.

ex-idaho · 02-15-2003, 03:18 PM

I was listening to a radio call in show this morning and the pro war host said "that as you watch the news of all the protest keep in mind that 70% of Americans favor going to war". Of course he did not break that down.

The vast majority of those polled favor giving the inspectors at least 3 more months.

A clear majority favored going to war only when we had UN and allied support similar to the first invasion in '91.

To say that 70% favor war is false and misleading. But what do you expect from the pro war right?

02-15-2003, 02:27 PM	#1
Amen-Moses Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Portsmouth, England Posts: 4,652	Where else in the world ... ... would over a million people queue quietly (ish) in the freezing cold for 4.5 hours to hear a black american talk about not killing muslims but England? Awesome sight, fantastic turnout, great speeches, I just wish I could have been there myself. To put the whole thing in perspective on the same day football teams all over England were competing for quarter final places in the FA Cup which is to us equivalent to the Superbowl! Southampton (my local team) won 2-0 btw. Amen-Moses

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02-15-2003, 02:28 PM	#2
Amen-Moses Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Portsmouth, England Posts: 4,652	btw is Jesse Jackson as good a public speaker as MLK? (pretend this is a poll if you want. ) Amen-Moses

02-15-2003, 03:03 PM	#5
Nataraja Regular Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: NC Posts: 433	I don't like JJ very much, I find him too sanctimonious.

02-15-2003, 03:18 PM	#6
ex-idaho Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Spudtopia, ID Posts: 5,315	I was listening to a radio call in show this morning and the pro war host said "that as you watch the news of all the protest keep in mind that 70% of Americans favor going to war". Of course he did not break that down. The vast majority of those polled favor giving the inspectors at least 3 more months. A clear majority favored going to war only when we had UN and allied support similar to the first invasion in '91. To say that 70% favor war is false and misleading. But what do you expect from the pro war right?

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