Funny interviews with anti-Iraq War protesters in London (G20) |
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Description: Interviews with some of the craziest English hippies gathered in Trafalgar Square in London to protest the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan on March 15th 2008. Visit illimms.com for more videos by Sam Baron and Raph von Blumenthal. *** UPDATE - TO CLARIFY *** To all the folks getting incensed by this video, who write letters of hate mail (from both sides of the debate, importantly), we'd like to clarify that this video is not intended to promote any political message, except that a lot of hippies are idiots. We are personally against the war having been started, but fully admit we have no workable suggestions to proffer as to a safe and sensible exit strategy which would lay down decent foundations on which to re-build the country. There's a decent level of validity to holding to Colin Powell's 'Pottery Barn' warning to President Bush prior to invasion ("You break it, you keep it", aka, "Fix it"), but the constant stream of innocent death on both sides is unjustifiable. This is irrelevant, however, as you should not take any message from this video except laughter. If it's not to your comedic liking, that's absolutely fine, but if it's not to your political liking, we ask you not take it too seriously. It's just a bit of fun. Love, Illimms.com 
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