Kindergarten Psychology

[akicif]

He's dead sneaky, that Donald Rumsfeld. By suggesting that Britain's contribution to the war might not be necessary, he's managed to get a bunch of otherwise sensible people screaming to be allowed to play....

We should let the bastard paint his own bloody fences!

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[sibelian.livejournal.com]

Actually, it's the sort of reverse psychology that really doesn't work for very long or stand up to any sensible scrutiny. I wonder if they're getting restless...

[akicif.livejournal.com]

Indeed. I've a horrid feeling it's not going to need to work for very long, though.

[sibelian.livejournal.com]

hmph. You're right.

You know, sometimes I wish I had been born in a different country.
Are there any marches soon, Steve? I know the Yanks, bless 'em, are planning vast demonstrations on the 15th of March... Apparently they're going for the White House.

demos

[yonmei.livejournal.com]

The Edinburgh stop the war website (http://www.edinburghstw.org.uk/) has a local (ie Edinburgh) diary: the national stop the war (www.stopwar.org.uk/) website has links to other events elsewhere (though I think it's very badly organised and laid out, haven't these people ever heard of Jakob Nielsen???)

[yonmei.livejournal.com]

Give him a dead rat and a string to swing it on. (Who's going to nominate the rat in this scenario?)

All rather vague, I'm afraid, but....

[akicif.livejournal.com]

I think someone mentioned that last Thursday's demo was due to become weekly. Also, someone in edinburgers mentioned a "youth" protest (but open to all) on Calton Hill on Monday 17th March at 2:30pm (later changed to 4:00pm, I think).

Nielsen?

[muninnhuginn]

Far too few folk seem to have noticed him, or if they have they've not taken notice. He seems to recognize the fact, too, with all the references from current findings to identical ones x years ago (where x is a depressingly, and increasingly, long way back).

The stop the war site is definitely one of the most annoying, navigationally, I've come across for a good while.

Re: Nielsen?

[yonmei.livejournal.com]

Maybe my contribution could be to donate some time to update their website. Sigh.