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| Southeast Asia |
| Thousands of Indonesians burn mock Statue of Liberty |
| 2003-04-05 |
| A crowd of 10,000 people burned a mock Statue of Liberty and chanted "Bush is a terrorist" during a boisterous anti-war rally Friday in Indonesia. Crowds marched through the streets of the central Javanese town of Solo, holding hundreds of posters calling for a peaceful end to the Iraq war and labeling US President George W. Bush a terrorist and baby killer. Others strode through the streets holding a plastic foam replica of the Statue of Liberty but with a machine gun in her hands. As the protest ended in front of a university campus, the crowd burned the two-meter-high statue and joined in a chorus of "Bush is a terrorist." Yassss... Thousands of Islamists, burning a representation of Liberty. That sounds about right. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #5 Does that mean they are symobolically burning their desire to ever set foot in our great nation?... Please don't punish us by not attending our world class universities, living in our safe suburbs, or partaking in the most open, free, and advanced democracy on the planet... Please, deny us the additional burden of having to celebrate your culture in addition to the hundreds of others that we recognize as part of our own... |
| Posted by: Steve W. 2003-04-06 00:49:04 |
| #4 Hmmm, I rather like it. Such deep and symbolic performance art. We owe the French for our liberty, they owe us for theirs. Which brings us to today. What better symbolism to reflect the status of our current relationship? Bravo!! clap, clap, clap! |
| Posted by: becky 2003-04-05 13:31:08 |
| #3 Putting the id in idiots |
| Posted by: Dick Saucer 2003-04-05 12:36:43 |
| #2 There goes the economy.....morons..... |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-04-05 12:19:44 |
| #1 What do we want? LIBERTY! When do we want it? NEVER! |
| Posted by: Pink & Fluffy 2003-04-05 12:02:14 |