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Hieronymus
21:27 / 25.04.03
I go back and forth on how to feel about this.

SOLDOTNA, Alaska - A man who dumped buckets of cold water on war protesters and produced a video of it set to patriotic music pleaded not guilty to criminal harassment.

Jeff Webster said he changed his mind about pleading guilty after friends and strangers applauded his actions and urged him to fight the charge. He was represented in court by Wayne Anthony Ross, a lawyer and gun-rights champion who twice ran unsuccessfully for governor.


It is, after all, only water. And ultimately no more criminal than those individuals who pie various political figures.

And yet... it's COLD in Alaska, man.
 
 
Elijah, Freelance Rabbi
22:43 / 25.04.03
yeah, i put it slightly lower on my evil-meter than the people red paintbombing fur wearers.

i think the charge stems from him cashing in on the acts, where as if he wasnt making money the criminal harassment might not be a valid charge...
 
 
gingerbop
15:01 / 26.04.03
Ooooh... not entirely sure what to think of this:
Normally i would salute anybody undertaking such a great crime! But because it was at anti-war protesters, he loses half of my support for him.
 
 
Turk
04:33 / 28.04.03
It goes on to say;
Webster, who has a son serving in the Marines in Iraq, admitted he poured buckets of water from the back of a passing pickup on women holding peace signs at a busy intersection. He received a warning from police the first time, then returned a week later with two buckets, video cameras rolling.

Ross said Webster was harmlessly expressing his free speech out of concern for a son in the war zone.


So he was acting to impinge the free expression rights of others rather than partaking in his own legitimate protest, screw him.
And come on, ice cold weather, throwing water over women, he took a video camera. There's a register for guys like that.
 
  
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