The Carnival of Dissent
Columnist Janey Daley, writing in the British Telegraph newspaper, takes modern-day protestors to task:
In my day, protesters were mostly bearded, lithe and sensitive. Now they are bearded, fat and smug. Back then, demonstrators had firehoses directed at them, not fawning television interviewers. Did you see those jolly marchers in New York, staging their anti-Bush carnival of absolutely safe, no-risk, self-congratulatory dissent?
When we marched against the Vietnam War, and the young men among us publicly burnt their draft cards, we could expect real punishment and victimisation…. The draft-defying men were committing a federal crime and risking imprisonment.
It’s all good. Go read the whole thing.
