{"id":14676,"date":"2009-09-27T08:23:57","date_gmt":"2009-09-27T13:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=14676"},"modified":"2009-09-27T08:27:27","modified_gmt":"2009-09-27T13:27:27","slug":"so-what-did-they-prove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=14676","title":{"rendered":"So what did they prove?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nLast week, while the leaders of the world discussed the world’s economic problems in Pittsburgh, throngs of immature little spoiled rich kids trashed the city. From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review\/Washington Times<\/a>.;<\/p>\n

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Business owners in the Oakland area of Pittsburgh, host city of the G-20 summit of world leaders, spent much of Friday sweeping up glass and calling insurance adjusters after a throng of protesters smashed their storefronts less than 24 hours earlier.<\/p>\n

Plywood and duct tape covered shattered windows and glass doors at about 20 Forbes Avenue shops vandals targeted Thursday night during a demonstration that, according to onlookers, some college students joined. Some business owners said they were hesitant to install new windows until the G-20 summit ended and out-of-town visitors left. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\nAnd, of course, IVAW was there to take part in the vandalism;<\/p>\n

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The Iraq Veterans Against War painted messages on the sidewalks of Fifth Avenue in Oakland with mud and chalk.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

One IVAW member was arrested and the organization was able to raise almost half of his huge bail;<\/p>\n

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Me? I’m wondering what IVAW has to do with a protest at an economic summit. And, as a whole, what did this protest accomplish – except to expand the divisions in the country even further. They complain that the police were too aggressive and then they push back by destroying private property. That makes tons of sense, doesn’t it?<\/p>\n

I wonder how they’ll react when private citizens start defending their property and the protesters no longer benefit from the protection of restraint under which we force our police to abide. They’ll be wishing for sonic cannons after they face an aluminum baseball bat.<\/p>\n

From the Washington Times, one student shows a bit a common sense;<\/p>\n

“This whole thing was just stupid,” said Pitt student Lindsey Westerbrook, 21, of Oakland, as she stared at an open but boarded-up McDonald’s. “Why would you trash your own neighborhood to make a point?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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