Re: RAT Hello Seattle

["chris mac" <cmacdona@adobe.com>]

Hi Johnny S:

Yeah. Sorry you can't be here John. Did you read the part about the black
Council Member?

It will warm your heart to know that we are going to try and get into Annex
tonight. I believe it still smells of tear gas.

...Chrismac

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>From: "Sylvain, John" <jsylvain@station.sony.com>
>To: "'rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com'" <rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com>
>Subject: RE: RAT Hello Seattle
>Date: Thu, Dec 2, 1999, 5:14 PM
>

>  This is surreal:
>
>   " At one point last night, police cars, motorcycles and trucks sped
> up and
>> down city streets with sirens screaming and lights flashing. They weren't
>> really going anywhere. It was meant as a loud show of force.
>>
>>
>> By last night, police were roaming the city, often with squads jogging to
>> respond to growing crowds.
>>
>>
>> Some trade ministers were unhappy with the ongoing battle between police
>> and
>> protesters.
>> A delegation from Chile fumed at officers when the group couldn't get to
>> the
>> Four Seasons Hotel. "If you're in a state of war here, you shouldn't have
>> invited us to this country," yelled Mario Artaza, the Chilean trade
>> minister.
>  [Sylvain, John]
>  1. thank god for the First Amendment
>  2.Go back to Chili you jerk!
>  3. I wish I was staying at the Four Seasons
>
>>  Asked if he would have had more law-enforcement personnel on the streets
>> than Seattle chose to, Reichert hesitated, nodded his head slowly and
>> said:
>> "Yes, that's what I'm saying, in a roundabout way."
>>
>>
>>
>