Marine Recruiting Office in Berkley, CA - classic

[spence]

Exactly.

A bunch of "dressed in pink" spouting nonsense are a threat to the US Marines?

I had thought our military people were a bit tougher than that.

Did this story pretty much go away? Yea, I thought so...

-spence

[gldnbear93]

A "threat" to our Marines? No.

However, the city council gave special perks to code pink specifically to protest this recruiting station (a free and clear reserved parking space-and parking is at a premiuim in that town and the whole bay area). The city council called the Marines unwelcome and unwanted (paraphrased) visitors to the town. The council was trying everything they could to force the Marines out of the town and stifle the speech of the Marine Corps.

This story went away on a national level for a several reasons, not the least of which is, that like most stories, they have a short shelf life in today's media. Also, the council capitulated in the face of growing national and political pressure and rescinded the letter it was to send to the Marine Corps. That removed some of the "sexiness" of the story. On a local level, this story continues on.

I try to stay quiet on most of the poltical arguments, because I don't feel its worth a lot of time to fuss about something over the internet, but this situation really pisses me off, probably because I knew the town and frankly still have a tremendous attachment to CAL--thus the gldnbear93 moniker!

GO BEARS!!

[gldnbear93]

rijimmy---you have faster fingers

[kevin d]

Originally Posted by spence

Exactly.

A bunch of "dressed in pink" spouting nonsense are a threat to the US Marines?

I had thought our military people were a bit tougher than that.

Did this story pretty much go away? Yea, I thought so...

-spence

I don't know any Marines that felt threatened by them. All the Marines I know who even cared about it thought it was pretty funny.
The great thing about ensuring people's right to free speech is that they use it, sometimes providing unintentional humor.

[kevin d]

Originally Posted by spence

Exactly.

A bunch of "dressed in pink" spouting nonsense are a threat to the US Marines?

I had thought our military people were a bit tougher than that.

Did this story pretty much go away? Yea, I thought so...

-spence

None of the Marines I know felt threatened by them. Those that even cared thought it was amusing. The funny thing about ensuring the right to free speech is that people will use that right, sometimes providing unintentional humor.

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by spence

Exactly.

A bunch of "dressed in pink" spouting nonsense are a threat to the US Marines?

I had thought our military people were a bit tougher than that.

Did this story pretty much go away? Yea, I thought so...

-spence

They aren't threatened. Why would you think they were threatened? I've seen some active duty / retired service members a little disappointed that their service went in to protecting the free speech of some of the Code Pink nitwits (you really couldn't make that video up : ) . Most of them laughed their buttocks off. In some ways, that video is a great validation on who the morons are...

Originally Posted by kevin d

None of the Marines I know felt threatened by them. Those that even cared thought it was amusing. The funny thing about ensuring the right to free speech is that people will use that right, sometimes providing unintentional humor.