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Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Republicans for Voldemort
Public sidewalk
Trying to censor He-Who-Must-Not-Be-NamedHere are a couple of photos from the rally that was held before the hearing today. The people who opposed the resolution to stop W's surge had a rally across the street from the capitol and a few of them stood at the street with signs. I guess we were a counter-demonstration. There weren't many of us, but we stood across the street from the people with the "God Bless Our Brave Troops" sign. I hope they ask God to bless the innocents who are killed, also.
Anyway, the guy on the right is great.
If you're like me and have never read a Harry Potter book or seen a Harry Potter movie, here is what Wikipedia has to say about Voldemort:
"Lord Voldemort is a fictional character of the Harry Potter book series written by J.K. Rowling. He first appeared in the bestseller Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997) as the arch-villain of protagonist Harry Potter. Throughout the series, he is consistently depicted as a Dark wizard bent on securing unmatched power and immortality; he also harbours a genocidal hatred of humans without magic. In all books, his name is so feared that many wizards refuse to say it, causing most of the characters to refer him only as "You-Know-Who"or "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named". With the exception of the third installment, Voldemort has appeared in every Harry Potter book, either in person or in some magical manifestation."
I'll write more about the hearing later.
posted by Carol at 6:18 PM
4 Comments:
Okay, you MUST read the Harry Potter books. I put off reading them until last year - for some reason I didn't want to get into something that seemed to be such a craze. But when I read them, they were GREAT! I read all 6 back-to-back and have pre-ordered book 7 (the last one).
Also - I can't stand the word "troops". Troop is already a plural, and it seems to ridiculous to use the word "troop" to refer to a single soldier. But it is popular terminology these days.
Anyway, keep up the good work!
Oh, I don't know... I am not the biggest fiction reader, and I'm afraid if I like it, I might not emerge until I am done with every one of those books.
THANK YOU for what you said about the word "troops". I must've been away when people started using it this way, and it took me the longest time to decide that "if everyone is doing it, it must be right". A very sick way of thinking that I hope I'm over.
In case you didn't know - the phrase "Republicans for Voldemort" is from a comic called Goats by Jon Rosenberg.
http://www.goats.com/archive/030808.html
It's brilliant. Check it out.
Thanks!
That gives me more context.
You're not the man in the photo with the sign, are you???
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