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Why is disturbing the peace a crime? What does that mean? If peace means
watching passively as a student is stripped of his First Amendment rights,
muscled off, and tasered, then that kind of peace begs to be disturbed. And
it needs to be disturbed.
Senator John Kerry should bare the brunt of the shame for passively observing the Andrew Meyer incident, but there's plenty of shame to go around. Between offering to answer Meyer's questions and making a sick joke at his expense, Kerry lamely asked his principally complacent audience to be calm. One student can be heard protesting as campus police subdue Meyer and apply their taser. The police over-reacted, to be sure, but I don't expect much else from them. Having grown up in the 60s, however, I at least expected college students to put up more of a protest. What a bunch of lumps! Some bloggers whine that anyone who resists arrest deserves a taser shot. Since when is it wrong to resist when anyone interrupts your right free speech? Are we such sheep! I save most of my fury over this incident for Kerry. With the microphone in his hand, he could have demanded that Meyer be allowed to exercise his First Amendment rights. He may not have had the authority to direct the campus police, but he certainly has the clout. He could have protested the way the police treated the 21-year-old student, who, before being tasered, begged to be allowed to walk out on his own. No, I don't believe for a minute his pitiful ploy that he didn't know Meyer was being tasered. News reports claim that Meyer has "a history of taping his own practical jokes." Good for him. His questions were too many for the weak-kneed senator to handle and perhaps they were also a little too pointed. Meyer asked why Kerry so easily conceded the 2004 election. He asked why Kerry hasn't moved toward impeachment of the President. Then he took an odd turn and questioned the senator about his membership in Skull and Bones. I would like to have heard Kerry's answers to the first two. As I write this, my country is responsible for outrageous violence against innocent people in an unjust war. Our representative sell their votes to the highest bidders. Our Constitutional rights our being chiseled away by a sinister Supreme Court. In my opinion, we need more Meyers and fewer Kerrys. |
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