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Submitted by Rick on Fri, 10/06/2006 - 11:57am.
I have it on good authority that the Port of Olympia invited a group of pro-war activists to hold a bbq for port workers ON THE SAME DAY as anti-war activists were arrested for trying to enter the port property. Does anyone know about this claim, and how it might impact the prosecution of those arrested, ostensibly for trespassing?
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News to me, but why would it
Submitted by Norm on Fri, 10/06/2006 - 12:07pm.I too am confused..."To me,
Submitted by OperaGirl on Fri, 10/06/2006 - 12:24pm.I too am confused...
"To me, it's a good idea to always carry two sacks of something when you walk around. That way, if anybody says, "Hey, can you give me a hand?" you can say, "Sorry, got these sacks.""
Well...
Submitted by Rick on Fri, 10/06/2006 - 1:43pm....isn't it kind of a problem if, as a public agency, you are allowing people of one political persuasion access to the port property, but denying people of another (opposite) persuasion the same access at the same time? Wouldn't that constitute using taxpayer $$ to support one position over the other?
When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion. -C.P. Snow
That sounds very un-fishy to
Submitted by Norm on Fri, 10/06/2006 - 1:49pm.That sounds very un-fishy to me, even if it is true. One party is going in to throw a barbecue for port workers, the others are trying to sabotage their work *cough*drew*cough*. Now if say they let pro-war protesters in to hold their signs and oppose the anti-war protesters on the other side of the fence, maybe you'd have something to go on.
Why is it trespassing if anti-war people are there?
Submitted by jlw on Fri, 10/06/2006 - 2:14pm."is it even possible to
Submitted by OlyCop on Fri, 10/06/2006 - 2:27pm."is it even possible to trespass on public property?"
Depends on your definition of public property. If you mean any property own by the government, then yes it's very possible.
"The strongest reason to retain the right to keep and bear arms is to protect against tyranny in government." Thomas Jefferson.
I'm assuming if it's fenced
Submitted by Norm on Fri, 10/06/2006 - 2:28pm.I am sort of short on cash
Submitted by OlyDowntowner on Fri, 10/06/2006 - 1:58pm.. Group speaks out against protesters
May 31, 2006 •• 469 words •• ID: oly18362676
OLYMPIA - Members of Operation Support Our Troops joined workers loading the USNS Pomeroy for a barbecue lunch Tuesday to show support for the shipment of equipment to Iraq. The Olympia-based International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 47 paid for the lunch, port spokeswoman Patti Grant said. For an hour, workers stopped loading the ship and shared a meal with members of Operation Support Our Troops. After a week of protests against the shipment and arrests, members of Operation
Hmmm
Submitted by OlyCop on Fri, 10/06/2006 - 2:16pm.So when did "support our troops" become pro-war?
"The strongest reason to retain the right to keep and bear arms is to protect against tyranny in government." Thomas Jefferson.
Fair enough.
Submitted by Rick on Fri, 10/06/2006 - 2:21pm.But that wasn't really the point.
When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion. -C.P. Snow
I don't know, but Operation
Submitted by The Fire Inside on Fri, 10/06/2006 - 2:23pm.I don't know, but Operation Support Our Troops didn't even pay for the BBQ and neither did the port.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the way I'm reading this article is that a group of people (in this case, the port workers) held a BBQ (which they paid for) and invited another group of people (Operation Support Our Troops) to eat the meal with them.
Thefore, Operation SOT was invited onto the property, while those protesting were not.
How do you trespass on public property? I don't know. If the public didn't own property this wouldn't be a problem but, since this is the world we live in and I have to be realistic, that's the difference between the two groups being allowed onto the property.
"Support our Troops"
Submitted by Crenshaw Sepulveda on Fri, 10/06/2006 - 5:04pm."I would make it impossible for the covetous and avaricious to utterly impoverish the poor. The rich can take care of themselves."
^@^
I support our troops, yet
Submitted by Norm on Fri, 10/06/2006 - 8:22pm.Are you boys talking about Sailors?
Submitted by MAF54 on Fri, 10/06/2006 - 5:37pm.(C) 2006 Lockheed Corporation.