Lone 16 year-old protestor old wakes up quiet farming town

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[riffing on the theme of the internet and spreading anti-war awareness...]


BLUE EARTH, MINN. -- They are only two people, two lonely voices raised 
on the southern Minnesota prairie, but they are gaining notice -- as 
much for the novelty of their actions as for the content of their cries.

"This is something you don't normally see in a small town," Mayor Rob 
Hammond said, sounding both nervous and amused. "This is the first 
demonstration we've ever had."

Mark Walker Jr., 16, had sat patiently through three meetings with the 
Blue Earth City Council to obtain a permit to demonstrate his opposition 
to a war with Iraq. He plans to spend 24 hours this weekend speaking, 
handing out leaflets and sleeping in a box at a downtown intersection, 
homeless for a night to dramatize a war's social costs.

City leaders initially demurred, citing a curfew law that requires 
people under 18 to be off the streets by midnight. But Walker read the 
curfew law carefully and found that it doesn't apply in cases where 
young people are out late to exercise rights protected by the U.S. 
Constitution.

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http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/3610530.html

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