Question from audience: You mentioned a
little bit ago, 'Why did it take a bunch of Arabs to do what you all
should have done a long time ago,' that's my question. And as a white man standing here in your midst from a fairly
liberal/conservative/middle of the road background - and I tell people
I'm so far left I'm coming up on the right - and I'd like you to
respond to, why shouldn't we do something and how could we move so they
don't see us coming?
Churchill: I'm gonna repeat that, tell me if I got
that right: Why shouldn't we do something and how do you you move so
they don't see you coming.
As to the first part, not a reason in the world that I could see. I
can't find a single reason that you shouldn't in a principled way -
there may be some practical considerations, such as do you know how
(laughter from audience) - you know, often these things are processes.
It's not just an impulse. And certainly it's not just an event. And the
simple answer, although it probably should be more complicated, but I'm
not being flip and giving the simple answer, is: You carry the weapon.
That's how they don't see it coming.
You're the one ... They talk about 'color blind or blind to your color.' You said it yourself.
You don't send the Black Liberation Army into Wall Street to conduct an action.
You
don't send the American Indian Movement into downtown Seattle to
conduct an action. Who do you send? You. Your beard shaved, your hair
cut close, and wearing a banker's suit.
There's probably a whole lot more to it, you know that. But there's where you start.