[lbo-talk] Local Protest

[Dennis Perrin]

Allow me, between bites of tart crow meat, to take back what I said about 
the local protest against the Gaza assault. Carrol urged me offlist to go, 
if only to meet at least one person to talk to and link up with. So I did, 
and Carrol was right: I met several people who didn't fit the gray hippie 
stereotype I mocked yesterday. Yes, there were plenty of old hippies, but 
there were many more young people, primarily Palestinian and Lebanese, and a 
smattering of college students, as well as a handful of parents and their 
kids. I had a nice discussion with a local Palestinian activist and a young 
Israeli woman who works with her. They were filled with genuine human 
spirit, warming my creaky bones a bit, despite the cold temperature. So I'm 
glad I went. Now if I can find some hot salsa to cover some of this crow 
taste.

Dennis