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Veterans for Peace barred from Boston Paddy's Day Parade / Meanwhile in Ireland . . .
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Tuesday March 11, 2003 16:39 by Darby O'Gill
... the little people are awakening A decision to bar an antiwar veterans group from marching Sunday in South Boston's annual St. Patrick's Day parade has politicians running for cover, as former servicemen face off over the pending war with Iraq. FULL TEXT AT LINK Meanwhile in Ireland a group of activists have founded the 'St Patrick's Day War Resisters Committee' with the intention of encouraging the Irish and the Irish Diaspora to use the St Patrick's Day events all over the world as a platform for saying no to war. More to Follow . . . . . . . |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4Out with ye! Ye gawlog ye've taken me name. Beware the curse of the shamrock. Most of it is gone to Bush but I've some left.
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go here for a row . .
Why don't they just march anyhow, by injecting themselves into it along
the way?
If you don't like that, go have your own parade. You have that right, too.
Mr. Hurley had to go the the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm his right to have his parade express what he wants it to express.
Which is, nothing more serious than a bunch of bands, some marching police and firefighters, the Cycling Murrays and foolishly grinning politicians (if they contribute to pay for the bands).