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>I think it would be great if the protesters decided to >not show up. That would make the D-Day-style >preparations and incessant media fretting look >ridiculous. I remember coming across an antiwar >protest 4 or 5 years ago in Oakland. There must have >been 3 cops, many heavily armed and in riot gear, for >every one of the 150 or so protesters, almost all of >whom looked like middle-aged or older extremely >peaceful taxpaying protesters. I know that a show of >force helps mitigate violence, but still, I'd rather >have some of the urban military budget spent on health >care and education, or maybe paying down the city's >pension debt. > > >>Man, I've been reading about the security preparations >>for the G20 summit. Wow, it's hard to comprehend that >>this is taking place in our country and the Burgh, the >>western front of the American Revolution, of all >>places. Now I read that the National Guard is being >>deployed here. Does this and the designated free >>speech zones bother any local journalists who read >>this forum?

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