RacerX
04-03-2003, 06:26 PM
This was written by a male commuter who found some joy in yesterday's protests in Roslyn (a suburb of DC).
I got off my train in Roslyn because I had to use the bathroom. When I was getting back on the train, there were protestors on the train platform handing out pamphlets on the evils of America. I politely declined to take one.
An elderly woman was behind me getting off the escalator and a
young (20ish) female protestor offered her a pamphlet, which she
politely declined.
The young protestor put her hand on the old woman's shoulder as a gesture of friendship and in a very soft voice said,
"Ma'am, don't you care about the children of Iraq?"
The old woman looked up at her and said, "Honey, my first husband died in France during World War II so you could have the right to stand here and bad mouth your country. And if you touch me again, I'll stick this umbrella up your ass and open it."
I got off my train in Roslyn because I had to use the bathroom. When I was getting back on the train, there were protestors on the train platform handing out pamphlets on the evils of America. I politely declined to take one.
An elderly woman was behind me getting off the escalator and a
young (20ish) female protestor offered her a pamphlet, which she
politely declined.
The young protestor put her hand on the old woman's shoulder as a gesture of friendship and in a very soft voice said,
"Ma'am, don't you care about the children of Iraq?"
The old woman looked up at her and said, "Honey, my first husband died in France during World War II so you could have the right to stand here and bad mouth your country. And if you touch me again, I'll stick this umbrella up your ass and open it."