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In article >,
says...
> Steve Pope wrote:
> >
> >
> > >Not true, we just choose our battles differently...
> >
> > I still say it's a stronger tradition in the U.K. At least
> > in terms of recent practice. The U.S. is positively wimpy
> > when it comes to civil disobedience, for the last 30 years
> > or so.
>
>
> Americans learned a nasty lesson about exercising their right to protest at
> Kent State.
>

Indeed - and we're in just such a situation once again today where
protest zones are setup far beyond the main venue. It's disgraceful if
you ask me.

And whatever happened to those Nat'l Guard troops who fired on the
students at Kent State? I never recall having read about that.