Posted on 05/09/2005 11:46:31 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
A Gannett News editor has called for the dismissal of criminal charges against four anti-war protesters who vandalized an Army recruiting office near Ithaca, New York and poured blood on the office's American flag.
Writing in his syndicated column, Dave Rossie justified the actions of the self-styled "St. Patrick's Day Four" as necessary to counter "Americans' sheep-like acceptance of this administration's lies and deceptions" over the war in Iraq:
The defendants have said they acted out of conscience in opposition to an unjust and illegal war, and it would be unfair, it says here, to doubt their motives. They certainly had nothing to gain from what they did. Defenders of our misadventure in Iraq bridle at comparisons with Vietnam, but they are becoming impossible to ignore. Civilian protest is but one example. Home front protests against our involvement in Vietnam were far more explosive and widespread, and they helped bring that sorry episode in our history to an end.
Because the defendants acted out of "conscience," Rossie noted, "The federal judge should toss the case after opening arguments."
In addition to writing a column for Gannett, Rossie serves associate editor of the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin, in Vestal, New York.
Unless he is a hypocrite, it would seem that he invites anyone who, in good conscience, disagrees with what he wrote to go there and trash his office, with no threat of criminal prosecution whatsoever
But there's NO liberal media....(rolleyes)
anti-war protesters who vandalized an Army recruiting office near Ithaca, New York
Dave Rossie the idiot ping.
God...Ithaca is truly hell
Too bad. This editor should understand that protesters should be willing to take their lumps, say a weekend in jail, as part of their protest. That's what protesters should be proud to do.
Excellent point!
Of course, the guy will also use the same argument to defend Eric Rudolph for bombing the abortion clinics...Even if you think abortion is OK, it should be fine for spomeone to protest it in any way they want if they "act out of conscience".
blood on the flag is a Bio-Hazzard and destruction of Federal Property... Guilty as Charged. the Peoples democRATic Republic of Ithaca EVIL strikes again...
Would the editor defend someone of good conscience who burns down the newspaper building to protest the Anti-American articles?
I'm thinking Mr. Rossie will see the justification of my actions when I show up at his house to urinate on the front door in my self-styled "SUV Owning Redneck" counter to whining liberal punks.
The paper Rossie writes for regularly prints letters to the editor from people all over the country (as the area is now a vacant crap hole because everyone moved out). I suggest writting a letter to the editor with your comments and see if they publish it.
The papers web site is pressconnects.com
Have fun!
Of course if this was done by a anti-abortion activist, then the media would be screaming for jail time for what they would call "a right wing terrorist".
The Gannett Corporation is known for it's left-wing editors. Look at McPaper. Better yet, if you live in a city where a Gannett paper is the dominant print outlet, look at the biased propaganda it spews.
Like Democrats claiming that rules should not apply to Clinton, as long as one is on the right side they are innocent, being on the wrong side equates to guilt without even a need for evidence.
LOL, the POS would prolly bitch if you bought one of his papers and burned it in protest...
If you are really commited to a cause , you must be prepared to suffer the consequenses of your actions ,IMVHO .
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