Rantings Of A Menopausal Mom

Written by a left-leaning WASP Buffalo mom. IN SUPPORT OF peace, same-sex marriage (AKA marriage for all), education, environment. RANTING ON the current administration, people who litter, people who swear on their cell phones while walking down the street, bad drivers, racists, heterocentrists, and jerks to be identified as we go along.

Saturday, July 30, 2005

Microwaving Protesters

Try this post, from my friend Dan Champion's website. Scary stuff for anyone who engages in constitutionally protected protest.

Hey, ui you thought Big Brother was just watching, get ready for him to TOAST your personal ass. But don't worry, it's very precise. It will just get you, not the person standing next to you!

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18725095.600

posted by Amy Barlow Liberatore @ 8:34 AM  

3 Comments:

  • At 5:36 AM, Blogger Pat said…

    Amy, thanks for inviting me over here. The mistake I made was in reading your blog while at work -- sort of gives new meaning to the phrase "laughing in church." Refreshingly brilliant! As soon as I figure out how, I'm going to post a link to your blog from my own. Hugs!

     

  • At 4:59 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I don't think smashin windows, turning over cars and lighting fires in the street (a la Seattle WTO protests constitutes "constitutionally protected protesting". But what do I know?

    Scott

     

  • At 5:54 PM, Blogger Amy Barlow Liberatore said…

    Hey, Scott, I don't believe that destruction of property is a constitutionally protected right. But I have been in the middle of peace protests and actually stepped between pissed-off fellow peacelovers and a vehement vet holding a sign in support of the President, and reminded everyone involved that First Amendment rights mean EVERYONE can speak their mind peacefully, no matter which side they are on. (Thankfully, they left the man alone, but I was prepared to throw myself in front of anyone who tried to hurt him.)

    We are talking about the possibility of peaceful protesters who employing nothing but signs and chants being zapped EVER so gently by electronic Big Brother mechanisms.

    And if you think it can't happen, sorry, but I beg to differ.

    Hey, keep posting, Scott, and thanks.

     

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