09-02-2014, 04:29 PM
Lost my sense of humor watching the videos and reading the related comments at the video site and here. This is so sad. How seriously is anyone in power going to take the issue of investigating what happened when so much belligerence and irrationality is presented by the mob? Kudos to the anti-PGV folks who tried to keep it civil.
As for the nutcase at the end, he's probably lucky there were no cops there. They wouldn't put up with that for a second. How everyone around him had the good sense to restrain themselves from his assaults is kind of amazing to me. And then the blame is put on Hirakami and others...?!? Wow.
Further, I know they are supposed to be "the bad guys" according to most of the audience, but my hat goes of to the fellows behind the table for staying reasonable in face of all the accusations. So much hate flying around the room and those guys were completely civil, if growingly weary. I can't imagine them ever agreeing to come to another such meeting. Sad.
Somehow I think of the tea party guys. The discussion of limiting/expanding the role of government (like the discussion of what happened at PGV) is one that is very worth having. But so many tea party folks (like so many anti-PGV folks) come across as so belligerent and irrational that there is little chance for a civil discourse. The message appears to get lost in the medium, so to speak.
Cheers (probably not the right word here),
Kirt
As for the nutcase at the end, he's probably lucky there were no cops there. They wouldn't put up with that for a second. How everyone around him had the good sense to restrain themselves from his assaults is kind of amazing to me. And then the blame is put on Hirakami and others...?!? Wow.
Further, I know they are supposed to be "the bad guys" according to most of the audience, but my hat goes of to the fellows behind the table for staying reasonable in face of all the accusations. So much hate flying around the room and those guys were completely civil, if growingly weary. I can't imagine them ever agreeing to come to another such meeting. Sad.
Somehow I think of the tea party guys. The discussion of limiting/expanding the role of government (like the discussion of what happened at PGV) is one that is very worth having. But so many tea party folks (like so many anti-PGV folks) come across as so belligerent and irrational that there is little chance for a civil discourse. The message appears to get lost in the medium, so to speak.
Cheers (probably not the right word here),
Kirt