It appears that The Stranger's infantile preoccupation with
honoring criminals and thieves has taken root in Hollywood. This
full-length talkie is intended to honor the terrorists and misanthropes
behind 1999's protests against the World Trade Organization. The end
result is a motion picture so anti-American and proanarchic that it may
as well have been filmed in an Afghanistani cave by Al Qaeda. Surely
The Stranger had some hand in the creation of this
film—who else would cast world-renowned drug addict Woody
Harrelson as a police officer? The impressive thing about Battle in
Seattle is that, after its world premiere at
SIFF this past
May, the film proved to be so incompetently made that even the
weak-minded infants of The Stranger turned on it: Staffers were
heard to comment between bong hits that the Gary Locke character's
Asian accent was "insulting and racist" and that the characters were
"flat and stupid" and that the film was altogether "inept." Shockingly,
I agree. One day, the true story of the brave officers who fended off
the masses of drooling, illiterate, antiestablishment troglodytes will
be told—hopefully in a film starring good, conservative Americans
like Tom Selleck, Wilford Brimley, and Bruce Willis. But until that
day, Seattleites who truly love their city are advised to avoid this
film as though their liberty depended on it. 
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Tonights the night that we got the orders
Were goin downtown gonna ID shoppers
Your turn to drive I'll bring the beer
Its the late, late shift no one to fear
And make them riot, piss them off
So they will riot
Its roundup time where the good citizens meet
Gonna drag a grandma screaming off the street
They're gonna riot, we'll make them riot
Got a black uniform and a silver badge
Playin cops for real/playin cops for pay
They're gonna riot, we'll make them riot
Put down your signs heres a kick in the ass
We'll beat you blue til you shit in your pants
Dont move, child got a big black stick
Theres six of us babe, so suck on my little piggy dick
They're gonna riot, oh how they'll riot
The left newspapers might whine a bit
But the guys at the station they don't give a shit
Dispatch calls are you doin something wicked?
No siree, jack, were just teargassin anarchists (and homeowners)
They're gonna riot, oh how they'll riot
It takes a lot of braverey to lie to the media about the perceived threat level, and insist that the "anarchist protesters" had launched the offensive.
It takes a lot of bravery to defend the rights of corporations against the rights of humans and animals.
It takes a lot of bravery to claim that 'violence' can be visited on buildings, but not people.
You're a shithead.
Did you write those lyrics yourself? If you did, I can see why you used an alias.
Hey, I've got an idea: next time any of you need to dial 911 -- don't. Just call aka Sarah Palin. I'm sure whoever that is will handle the situation. Give us your phone number, Sarah Palin, and put your money where your mouth is.
Since this country was born in and based upon dissent and anti-establishment action, that would make you UN-AMERICAN. To turn around and use that term on protesters is to use a propanda technique of your spiritual brother Goebbels.
Also by A. Birch Steen, Stranger Public Editor and OSHA Board of Governors Member (Retired)
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