Comments on: Student Riots: First as Tragedy, then as Farce

By: A Little Perspective: the Last Time We Talked About “Tea Parties…”

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:18:10 +0000

[...] beyond farcical, as are their participants, who have more in common with everyone’s favorite aimlessly angry undergrad protesters than with the patriots who risked life and limb to stand up to the world’s most powerful [...]

By: Norseman

Norseman — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:32:13 +0000

I fully support nudity protests. *Thumbs up* The rest of it seemed like a big joke or publicity stunt.

[i]Demand: Amnesty for all parties involved.[/i] From the damage and mess they created? I can only hope they don’t practice law. Lawlz!

By: daniel

daniel — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:34:19 +0000

what about their pro-palestinian demands? how much more money could we spend on unmet domestic social needs if we weren’t sending $3 billion a year in military aid to support Israel’s brutal and illegal occupation? By demanding NYU divest from defense contractors doing business with Israel and having the school help out refugees, the protesters tied domestic campus complicity into several larger struggles.

By: Ames

Ames — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:46:48 +0000

Ex fucking actly! There ARE things in the world that deserve protesting, maybe even to this level. But it sure as hell isn’t budgetary openness at a private university.

By: Philip H.

Philip H. — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:44:34 +0000

A opposed to marching on D.C. and demanding that we withdraw from Iraq . . . or prosecute torturers . . . or even marching on Wall Streat and demanding the resignations of those who sold the student’s economic futures down the river for present profits and fat bonuses . . . .