Cats, Rats, and Toys
Nov. 9th, 2010 10:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shannon_aCats. Cobweb seems better today. She's been drinking water, which she wasn't doing yesterday, and seems to be more comfortable and not breathing funny. Trying to get herself clean too. We'll try her out with some food later today.
Rats. So last year a bunch of students occupied Wheeler (Hall; on the UC Berkeley campus) to protest higher fees. All of the helicopters annoyed me, but I can understand the need for civil disobedience. After the showdown, the students were given the opportunity to get-out-of-jail-free by the university, who simply asked for agreement to a code of conduct and an essay reflecting on their actions.
Now, some students refused to do so, which I can understand too. Principals and all of that, you know. Or so I thought until I read this article about the student-conduct trial of one of the protesters.
She's defending herself against the charges laid against her, but instead of standing for principals or for her disobedience, she's saying how she was just making banners and not actually blocking the doors (to Wheeler Hall) or anything. Here's a quote from her defense:
That's right, she was just watching. What could she do!!??
What a weak-willed bunch of ninny protesters Berkeley has nowdays.
Toys. A month or two someone threw a blue stuffed animal atop our garage. I wasn't willing to brave the crumbling building, so it sat there until builders took down the roof last week. Then last night someone threw a red stuffed animal atop our garage. It landed on the ground, there not being a roof, but you get the idea.
What's up with that?
Rats. So last year a bunch of students occupied Wheeler (Hall; on the UC Berkeley campus) to protest higher fees. All of the helicopters annoyed me, but I can understand the need for civil disobedience. After the showdown, the students were given the opportunity to get-out-of-jail-free by the university, who simply asked for agreement to a code of conduct and an essay reflecting on their actions.
Now, some students refused to do so, which I can understand too. Principals and all of that, you know. Or so I thought until I read this article about the student-conduct trial of one of the protesters.
She's defending herself against the charges laid against her, but instead of standing for principals or for her disobedience, she's saying how she was just making banners and not actually blocking the doors (to Wheeler Hall) or anything. Here's a quote from her defense:
"I saw some people barricade the last door," Zelko said. "I think maybe they put a chair on it."
Asked to elaborate, she acknowledged the door had "several chairs."
That's right, she was just watching. What could she do!!??
What a weak-willed bunch of ninny protesters Berkeley has nowdays.
Toys. A month or two someone threw a blue stuffed animal atop our garage. I wasn't willing to brave the crumbling building, so it sat there until builders took down the roof last week. Then last night someone threw a red stuffed animal atop our garage. It landed on the ground, there not being a roof, but you get the idea.
What's up with that?