Berkeley in the Sixties

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  • _
    _ Posts: 6,657
    :? Civil rights movement? Anti-Vietnam? Women's suffrage? Not sounding familiar? :?
  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    Godfather. wrote:
    Jeanwah wrote:
    Godfather. wrote:

    and by better I mean they realize that gathering in large groups and and making demands is for the most part a waste of time so they teach their children to become active in local government then move up from there to a place that their efforts have the respect from the people they want to reach unlike the dope smoking hippies and other groups that sit in the park or block an intersection with protest signs break windows loot local stores burn cars or shoot people then wait to get arrested, knowledge is power..not a protest sign.

    Godfather.

    Yet power in numbers absolutely DOES cause change. What I bolded is exactly what Egyptians did and it did cause change, or have you not been paying attention??!


    sure I'm paying attention :D


    "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CBS correspondent Lara Logan was beaten and sexually assaulted by a mob while covering the jubilation in Cairo's Tahrir Square on the day Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down, the U.S. broadcasting network said Tuesday."

    how about you ?

    Godfather.
    You're ridiculous, man. :roll:
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,435
    ed243421 wrote:
    why do you think millions of people around the world despise us? it's not the freedom.
    so many enemies in only 300 years. not so good.
    Possibly it's due to NASCAR and $0.99 cheeseburgers?

    But really there is one region that really hates the U.S. and that is the Middle East. They hate us the same reason Kansas City Royals fans hate the New York Yankees. The Royals may have talent and prospects (oil), but sooner or later the Yankees will acquire those resources and win World Series while K.C. stays in the toilet. The only difference is that the Yankees don't pay K.C., they pay the players.

    Don't hold my feet to the fire on this, but a lot of it could be envy. Of course two countries have reason not to like us (although I can only imagine the harmony that existed when the Taliban and Saddam were running the show). We have H.D. TV, air conditioning, a stable government, etc, while the middle east has oil and leftover butterfly landmines that the Soviets dropped.

    :roll: (preemptive Jeanwah strike ;) )
    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    Jeanwah it's part of my over whelming charm and personality :lol::lol: ....just kidding

    Godfather.
  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    Godfather. wrote:
    Jeanwah it's part of my over whelming charm and personality :lol::lol: ....just kidding

    Godfather.

    Personality - yes, charm - ? :? :lol:
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Jason P wrote:
    Don't hold my feet to the fire on this, but a lot of it could be envy. Of course two countries have reason not to like us (although I can only imagine the harmony that existed when the Taliban and Saddam were running the show). We have H.D. TV, air conditioning, a stable government, etc, while the middle east has oil and leftover butterfly landmines that the Soviets dropped.

    :roll: (preemptive Jeanwah strike ;) )

    Ridiculous. You think people hate America because they're envious of you? No, they're not envious of you. That's just some juvenile nonsense concoted by the likes of George W Bush. The main reason you are hated is because of your foriegn policy, and your economic policy. This may come as a surprise to you, but people don't like being bombed and invaded. People also don't like it when the U.S interferes in their countries internal politics, and installs puppet dictators who are subservient to U.S economic interests.
    It has nothing to do with anyone being envious of your bic macs, and your Nike Jordans.
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    On the subject of documentaries, I just watched Oliver Stone's 'South of the Border' about the rise of Latin American leaders such as Evo Morales of Bolivia, Cristina Kirchner and former president Néstor Kirchner of Argentina, Rafael Correa of Ecuador, Raúl Castro of Cuba, Fernando Lugo of Paraguay, Lula da Silva of Brazil, and Hugo Chavez.

    Very good film about the rise of democracy in South America and the rejection of U.S imperialism and interference.

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