<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2715.400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia color=#000080>thanks, Max!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia color=#000080>R</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=sawicky@bellatlantic.net href="mailto:sawicky@bellatlantic.net">Max Sawicky</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=lbo-talk@lists.panix.com href="mailto:lbo-talk@lists.panix.com">lbo-talk@lists.panix.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 12, 2002 6:50 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: demo</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>The q was whether there was any coverage.  Here it is.<BR><BR><A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34676-2002Apr11.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34676-2002Apr11.html</A><BR><BR>There were about 70 people there, and evidently two or three<BR>TV networks.  Some Christian clergy, and about five Palestinians,<BR>some with big flags (to which nobody took exception).  There were<BR>no bad guys in sight, just the praetorian guard at the State Dept.<BR><BR>Lerner, West, and a third person I didn't know spoke.<BR>The speeches were a little more wimpy than I expected.<BR>Then Lerner started taking<BR>questions. This seemed to go on forever, which is why I left.<BR>Leaving was a bit easier since the thing had been announced<BR>as civil disobedience.  I went prepared to get arrested, since<BR>I'm out of practice.  I thought a bunch of jews getting arrested<BR>at State criticizing Sharon was a natural man-bites-dog story<BR>and would get coverage.  But I wasn't eager to get arrested.<BR><BR>Evidently after I left, there was a debate about whether to<BR>proceed with the CD.  Not smart, in hindsight, but at least they<BR>went and did it finally.  The pacificity, not to say passivity,<BR>of the affair became the Post's lead.  Just shows you that<BR>a little rowdiness has its uses.<BR><BR>This sort of CD has become a completely choreographed<BR>affair.  Nobody is inconvenienced in the slightest.  Everybody<BR>goes through their moves, like old troupers.<BR><BR>My consolation prize for not getting busted was hearing<BR>a speech from a hyper-kinetic Richard Gephardt,  Most<BR>memorable and genuinely weird line:<BR>"Politics is a substitute for violence."<BR><BR>mbs<BR><BR><BR><BR>> <BR>> <BR>> On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, R wrote:<BR>> <BR>> > anyone hear or read any news about the Tikkun demonstration today of<BR>> > Rabbi Lerner and Professor Cornel West?  thanks.<BR>> <BR>> I assume that's the one Max said he was bored at.  Max?<BR>> <BR>> Michael<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>