Sunday 6 August 2006

Staring hatred in the eye

One of the fine chaps who took part in the counter-protest against Saturday's pro-Hezbollah rally sent in this (lightly-edited) missive saying how they got on.

We had a very interesting counter-protest in downtown Auckland. Lots of police, lots of cameras, and lots of people who hadn't washed for a few weeks -- a lot of whom 'didn't appreciate' our signs, one of which accurately declared "Hezbollah are terrorists."

It was clear this was a "We hate Israel and America" march ... Lebanon is just the latest excuse for the antediluvians to scratch their usual itches! These were commies and anti-capitalists insighting anti-western hatred. "Down with Israel, oh yeah! Down with the West, fuck yeah!"

We got interviewed and made precisely one half-second on TV3's 6 o'clock news … not our interview sadly, but us standing and talking while the mob chanted and marched … near the end of the clip ... dont blink!

We got both congratulated and castigated! We had pictures of mutilated babies put in our face.
We stood our ground and said those babies were killed because Hezbollah hide behind them when they fire their rockets. It was good to get out of there after a brave protest that bummed them out! (How few defenders of rationality are need to puncture their self-righteous anger.)

We didn't let their intimidation stop us from speaking our mind! Duncan has a few photos (which we might see later) and I hope he will give his own account later. He was giving the opposition a hard time with his well-studied facts and figures which I was glad someone took the trouble of correlating!

Cheers,
Tim W.
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LINK: Auckland counter-protest tomorrow, Saturday - Not PC (Friday 4 August)
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It was good to get out of there after a brave protest that bummed them out!

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*puts head in hands*

They're like dogs barking at their reflection. ****ing depressing all round.