Thread: Conflict [...]

Q. Quetzalcoatl    ›› website

Seattle, WA
United States

Dumpsternaut

When people are punished for using their right to speak freely, anger builds like pressure in a boiler. When pushed too far, these pressurized emotions can cause a peaceful demonstration to turn violent.

Here, a phalanx of SPD in trendy riotwear can be seen stalking toward cotton-clad, anti-WTO agitators. Tear gas and concussion canisters swivel through the air, hissing and filling the night with a dramatic, hollywood haze.

History has demonstrated that the semblance of martial law can merge almost imperceptibly with the reality. Only a vigilant populace can oppose this slow drift...

September 1999