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   From: sumbean@aioe.org   
      
   You were at a native healing ceremony, ya dim bulb.   
   Not a 'granola version', but a first nations version.  They saw you   
   coming . . .  they brought out their strongest medicines.   
      
      
      
      
      
   On 3/14/2015 6:53 PM, eric@nil.invalid.com wrote:   
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   >   
   > I attended the Salt Spring version of the nationwide protests against C-   
   > 51.  This was held at the park in downtown Ganges.   
   >   
   > I didn't expect too much, as the Facebook page advertising the event   
   > featured someone whose main issue was chemtrails.   
   >   
   > Still, I came away with the impression that it was a generic protest   
   > these people rolled out every time there was an issue of national or   
   > international concern.   
   >   
   > There was a 'healing circle'.  As there were 150-200 people at the   
   > protest, quite a few took part.  This involved forming a wide circle of   
   > people holding hands, while moaning.  There was someone (probably a faux   
   > native) banging a drum rhythmically, while someone else was shaking a   
   > rattle.   
   >   
   > This went on for about ten minutes, I'd guess, until the circle slowly   
   > came together on cue, and the particpants began hugging and groping one   
   > another.   
   >   
   > Naturally I wondered what this had to do with C-51, but there were   
   > plenty of onlookers who seemed to be with the program as well.   
   > Obviously this was something that happened regularly.   
   >   
   > Things broke up a bit after that, but then a young activist got on the   
   > loudspeaker and began reading from a script.  This was essentially a   
   > loud rant about how western culture was killing the planet and how it   
   > (and naturally fossil fuels) needed to be abolished.   
   >   
   > He began ranting about the denuding of various forest lands in North   
   > Africa and the Middle East - even though this occurred centuries ago.   
   > The dude couldn't pronounce "nuclear" properly, or even the word "says".   
   >   
   > Perhaps he was suggesting that we return to a social or economic   
   > structure found in the bronze age, but three things occurred to me: this   
   > had nothing to do with C-51; this idiot's beliefs would call for an   
   > unimaginably large police state; and finally, if CSIS were smart, they'd   
   > clone this guy and send him to all demonstrations of this type.   
   >   
   > Well before he'd finished, many people began to drift away, notably   
   > those in their granola costumes, headed for their SUV's.   
   >   
      
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