Stardate 20010929.1825 (On Screen): So the anti-globalists turned on a dime and suddenly became anti-war protesters and indeed managed to protest peacefully in Washington (as opposed to rioting as they had back when they were still protesting against globalization). According to this article, someone got carried away with an acronym: the coalition which organized one of the marches is known as ANSWER: Act Now to Stop War and End Racism. Er, racism? While ending racism may indeed be a noble goal, what has it got to do with this war? Or are they trying to claim that the only reason that the US is about to fight a war is because we're racist? (Great. Just great.) I'm more inclined to think that they just needed an ER to go with the ANSW part, and "Emergency Room" didn't make as much sense. Nor did "Error Rate", or "Engine Room" or "External Reaction"...
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