Comments on: Gallery owner becomes target after showcasing painting of Iraqi prisoner abuse http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/05/30/gallery-owner-becomes-target-after-showcasing-painting-of-iraqi-prisoner-abuse/ Feminist, anti-racist, pro-fat, plus whatever else we feel like talking about. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:10:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: dana http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/05/30/gallery-owner-becomes-target-after-showcasing-painting-of-iraqi-prisoner-abuse/#comment-12152 dana Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/05/30/gallery-owner-becomes-target-after-showcasing-painting-of-iraqi-prisoner-abuse/#comment-12152 what gets me is these people will then turn around and talk about being persecuted because liberals turn out in the hundreds of thousands to protest the war in iraq. or because a handful of us show up with anti-war or anti-bush protest signs when they've got one of their events going on. and they will spit on us, threaten us, take away our signs, strike at us, even arrest us--but WE are persecuting THEM. i will never, ever, ever, if i live to be two hundred, EVER understand right-wing "logic." what gets me is these people will then turn around and talk about being persecuted because liberals turn out in the hundreds of thousands to protest the war in iraq. or because a handful of us show up with anti-war or anti-bush protest signs when they’ve got one of their events going on. and they will spit on us, threaten us, take away our signs, strike at us, even arrest us–but WE are persecuting THEM.

i will never, ever, ever, if i live to be two hundred, EVER understand right-wing “logic.”

]]> By: dana http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/05/30/gallery-owner-becomes-target-after-showcasing-painting-of-iraqi-prisoner-abuse/#comment-12153 dana Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/05/30/gallery-owner-becomes-target-after-showcasing-painting-of-iraqi-prisoner-abuse/#comment-12153 oh yeah, i forgot--they ban musicians from the radio who are sympathetic to our side of the argument, too. and humiliate our comedians by turning off their mics and escorting them off the stage. and, y'know, stuff like that. oh yeah, i forgot–they ban musicians from the radio who are sympathetic to our side of the argument, too. and humiliate our comedians by turning off their mics and escorting them off the stage. and, y’know, stuff like that.

]]> By: Tish http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/05/30/gallery-owner-becomes-target-after-showcasing-painting-of-iraqi-prisoner-abuse/#comment-12154 Tish Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/05/30/gallery-owner-becomes-target-after-showcasing-painting-of-iraqi-prisoner-abuse/#comment-12154 I live a few blocks from the gallery. I’ve been heartsick about this. It is disgusting how much some people hate. I live a few blocks from the gallery. I’ve been heartsick about this.
It is disgusting how much some people hate.

]]> By: Echidne http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/05/30/gallery-owner-becomes-target-after-showcasing-painting-of-iraqi-prisoner-abuse/#comment-12155 Echidne Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/05/30/gallery-owner-becomes-target-after-showcasing-painting-of-iraqi-prisoner-abuse/#comment-12155 The hate is born from fear, I think. The fear that the society is unalterably changing from how it used to be, and that is very hard for those to accept who liked it just fine the old way. Not that I condone the hate, but it helps to understand why it is so fierce and so unreasoning. The hate is born from fear, I think. The fear that the society is unalterably changing from how it used to be, and that is very hard for those to accept who liked it just fine the old way. Not that I condone the hate, but it helps to understand why it is so fierce and so unreasoning.

]]> By: Aaron V. http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/05/30/gallery-owner-becomes-target-after-showcasing-painting-of-iraqi-prisoner-abuse/#comment-12156 Aaron V. Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/05/30/gallery-owner-becomes-target-after-showcasing-painting-of-iraqi-prisoner-abuse/#comment-12156 The people who attacked the gallery owner are terrorists, plain and simple. Terrorism is defined as "...the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives" <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism"> according to the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, via Wikipedia.</a> The assault on the gallery owner was an unlawful use of force and violence (assault). It was against one person in furtherance of the political objective of muting discussion of the allegations of U.S. forces' torture of prisoners in the Abu Ghirab prison through intimidation. I wonder if John Ashcroft is going to go after the guy who did this with as much zeal as he's gone after Muslims guilty of technical immigration violations... The people who attacked the gallery owner are terrorists, plain and simple.

Terrorism is defined as “…the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives” according to the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, via Wikipedia.

The assault on the gallery owner was an unlawful use of force and violence (assault). It was against one person in furtherance of the political objective of muting discussion of the allegations of U.S. forces’ torture of prisoners in the Abu Ghirab prison through intimidation.

I wonder if John Ashcroft is going to go after the guy who did this with as much zeal as he’s gone after Muslims guilty of technical immigration violations…

]]> By: Spot http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/05/30/gallery-owner-becomes-target-after-showcasing-painting-of-iraqi-prisoner-abuse/#comment-12157 Spot Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/05/30/gallery-owner-becomes-target-after-showcasing-painting-of-iraqi-prisoner-abuse/#comment-12157 What is really telling to me is that the owner of the gallery was shown on the local news, quite bloodied and battered about the face, and when asked if she would re-open the gallery, replied that she didn't know and that "I am afraid to live in America". We must do everything we can to get people to vote in this election. If the current administration wins another 4 years, the path from democracy to corporate/right wing dictatorship will be very short indeed. We are already well down that path, unfortunately. "The greatest price of refusing to participate in politics is being governed by your inferiors" -Plato What is really telling to me is that the owner of the gallery was shown on the local news, quite bloodied and battered about the face, and when asked if she would re-open the gallery, replied that she didn’t know and that “I am afraid to live in America”. We must do everything we can to get people to vote in this election. If the current administration wins another 4 years, the path from democracy to corporate/right wing dictatorship will be very short indeed. We are already well down that path, unfortunately.

“The greatest price of refusing to participate in politics is being governed by your inferiors”

-Plato

]]> By: Raznor http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/05/30/gallery-owner-becomes-target-after-showcasing-painting-of-iraqi-prisoner-abuse/#comment-12158 Raznor Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/05/30/gallery-owner-becomes-target-after-showcasing-painting-of-iraqi-prisoner-abuse/#comment-12158 I'm visiting Germany right now. Reading things like this makes me want to just stay here. I’m visiting Germany right now. Reading things like this makes me want to just stay here.

]]> By: Trey http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/05/30/gallery-owner-becomes-target-after-showcasing-painting-of-iraqi-prisoner-abuse/#comment-12159 Trey Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/05/30/gallery-owner-becomes-target-after-showcasing-painting-of-iraqi-prisoner-abuse/#comment-12159 In Berkeley of all places! very very sad. In Berkeley of all places!

very very sad.

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