Iraq War Protester Dies in Golden Gate Bridge Fall

[DirkDigAlert]

Reuters
Wednesday, March 19, 2003; 4:25 PM



SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A man protesting the looming U.S. war on Iraq fell to his death from San Francisco's famed Golden Gate Bridge on Wednesday as he was hanging a banner, officials said.

"He appears to have been hanging a banner of some kind," said California Highway Patrol officer Timothy Willock. "We're not sure if he decided to jump or slipped while he was, you know, hanging the banner. That's unclear right now."

Anti-war sentiment is strong in the San Francisco Bay Area but the death of the man in his 30s was the first related to the latest protests over the U.S.-led war against Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.


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God works in mysterious ways!

first Iraq, then France

 

ummmm, right. I wonder if God was flying the helicopter that just went down too

[This message was edited by The General on 03-20-03 at 10:39 PM.]

 

definition of irony:

hard-working soldiers die honorably in a helicopter crash, defending a dope-smoking protesters rights, who dies honor-less protesting the soldiers actions.

GL!

first Iraq, then France

 

[Jazz]

Thinning of the herd - oh well, what a tragedy - next time, the next protestor shouldn't repeat that

 

[radiofreecostarica]

Thinning of the herd
same applies to the death of US soldiers.

 

[kayaman+]

hansen,

As Americans we have a civic duty to question our government, protest and worst case scenario even overthrow, when we feel our government is wrong or is not representing the needs of the public. The protestors are protecting your rights as much as the soldiers, oh wait actually the soldiers are off stealing oil reserves for Bushwacker, so they're not really protecting anyone's rights. A state in which you have no to speak out out against the government would be, um old Russia, Cuba. Protesting is one of the most American ways to participate in our government. Well the way the founding fathers set it up, I don't know if that fits into the Bush Jr. big brother scheme of things.

 

is this "thinning of the herd" or "God work(ing) in mysterious ways"?

2nd U.S. Marine Killed in Attack on Iraq
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20030321/ap_on_re_mi_ea/war_marines_killed&e=3

 

[Jazz]

LOL! Naw, poor guy hanging a banner in a bridge, never occurred to him he could fall off. I think I'm going to send it in as an honorable mention for the 2003 Darwin awards,

 

Naw, poor guy enlisting in the Marines, never occurred to him he could be a victim of war.

 

[Jazz]

Nope. Difference was, he knowingly put his life on the line for something he believed in - comparing him to an accidental death is misplaced. Not as misplaced as actually falling off a bridge, of course, but misplaced.

 

Surely, falling off the bridge was STUPID, but let's be human (just for a second girls) here ... no *innocent* life should be looked upon without value.

 

[Jazz]

Probably not, if you consider him 'innocent' when he chose to illegally place a banner on the bridge. Personally, I'll save my compassion for others, which believe it or not includes our troops and their families.

 

[grantt]

Jazz likes war criminals others like peaceful protestors. Whatever floats your boat.

 

"illegally place a banner on the bridge"

Placing a banner illegally makes this person "not innocent"?

So, we should really look into this fallen soldier's history to check for any parking violations, tickets, jaywalking convictions to determine his "innocence" before paying proper tribute?

That is some illogical logic you're proposing there.

 

[Jazz]

Each did what they chose to do. You're again right, he was probably a decent fella. Still, thinning of the herd.

 

[kayaman+]

Lander,

There's been an overall lack of respect for human life expressed by several posters on the RX for a long time, or at least since this whole war issue has come up.

 

[FunkSoulBrother]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Nope. Difference was, he knowingly put his life on the line for something he believed in - comparing him to an accidental death is misplaced.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Jazz, you're making an ass out of yourself.

How can you say that someone dangerously crawling out onto a bridge to protest his government wasn't placing his life on the line for something he believed in????

 

[kayaman+]

Good point funk.

 

[Jazz]

Funky: there is a fundamental difference between the 2 acts: that idiot was only hanging a banner which would convince absolutely no one of anything, except make him happy and the people that agreed with him happy, and he also wasn't smart enough not to 'dangerously crawl' out there in the first place for a stupid banner. The Marine, however, voluntarily joined something he believed in, gave up probably some years of his life to train, went into the conflict with the full knowledge of the risks as well as knowing if he died, it would mean something far more than an inconsequential political banner.

Sorry if you think I'm an ass for believing this, but I really am saving my compassion for those who deserve it.