Monday, September 1, 2008

More news from Beijing St. Paul

Scenes from St. Paul -- Democracy Now's Amy Goodman Arrested - Salon



While the protesters here may believe their free-speech rights are being smashed by the heavy fist of an aspirationally totalitarian state, what they fail to realize is that spying on meetings of nonviolent groups, arresting those who peaceably assemble, and performing random acts of violence against them are merely peacekeeping activities. And if these noisy freedomites want to continue speaking and assembling and petitioning their government for a redress of grievances, they should just move back to America where they belong.

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