Deanna Palmer wrote:
To nobody's surprise there were protesters today in DC, they attempted
to disrupt the metro system and block the Key Bridge, a leading artery
into DC from Northern Virginia. I got hosed twice because I come in
from NoVA on the metro and it is raining hard which makes traffic worse
any way. My commute was long and arduous and only caused further
resentment for protesters (but that isn't the point of this thread).
Anyway, I'll get to the point.
I got off the train in Rosslyn because I had to use the bathroom and the
train was moving quite slowly. When I was getting back on the train,
there were protesters on the train platform handing out pamphlets on the
evils of America. I politely declined to take one. An elderly woman
was behind me getting off the escalator and a young (20ish) female
protester offered her a pamphlet, which she politely declined. The
young protester put her hand on the old woman's shoulder as a guesture
of friendship and in a very soft voice said, "Ma'am, don't you care
about the children of Iraq?" The old woman looked up at her and said,
"Honey, my first husband died in France during World War II so you could
have the right to stand here and bad mouth your country. And if you
touch me again, I'll stick this umbrella up your ass and open it."
I'm glad to report that loud applause broke out among the onlookers and
the young protester was at a total loss for words.
To nobody's surprise there were protesters today in DC, they attempted
to disrupt the metro system and block the Key Bridge, a leading artery
into DC from Northern Virginia. I got hosed twice because I come in
from NoVA on the metro and it is raining hard which makes traffic worse
any way. My commute was long and arduous and only caused further
resentment for protesters (but that isn't the point of this thread).
Anyway, I'll get to the point.
I got off the train in Rosslyn because I had to use the bathroom and the
train was moving quite slowly. When I was getting back on the train,
there were protesters on the train platform handing out pamphlets on the
evils of America. I politely declined to take one. An elderly woman
was behind me getting off the escalator and a young (20ish) female
protester offered her a pamphlet, which she politely declined. The
young protester put her hand on the old woman's shoulder as a guesture
of friendship and in a very soft voice said, "Ma'am, don't you care
about the children of Iraq?" The old woman looked up at her and said,
"Honey, my first husband died in France during World War II so you could
have the right to stand here and bad mouth your country. And if you
touch me again, I'll stick this umbrella up your ass and open it."
I'm glad to report that loud applause broke out among the onlookers and
the young protester was at a total loss for words.
