From: Andy <as-AT-spelthorne.ac.uk> Subject: Re: I think .../"turtle power",/ an MEP speaks Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 09:34:37 -0000 >Suprisingly, I got to see that banner on the News last night. They did keep >flashing those people dressed like turtles though, which I think was to make >the protests look less than serious. > On the other hand, my 9 yr old son was really interested in the Turtles [and the riot] and asked me what was going on, so we moved from turtles to bananas from St Lucia to Punjabi farmers to sweat-shop clothing, and this morning he's gone off to school with a "no to WTO" badge he'd drawn and copied from the TV. So I guess the turtles speak to the teenage mutant hero turtle generation. Meanwhile Glenys Kinnock, [Member of the European Parliament and wife of former Labour Party Leader, now European Commissioner Neil Kinnock and in Seattle now ]firmly blamed the police "in their ridiculous Darth Vader outfits" for the trouble, because of their massive over-reaction. Andy
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