"I though about being annoyed for a second, then I thought I can't be annoyed. This is great. I wish it would go on for hours.Hey Lucia, what is your major? I hope it's not political science or journalism. You see, that "bitching" you refer to is people exercising their constitutional right to free speech.
This city can be looked down on for being so left-wing, and that's unfortunate. People here just aren't as afraid as they are in the rest of the country."
-- Erin Thomas, firefighter, commenting on yesterday's anti-war march in San Francisco commemorating the two year anniversary of the invasion of Iraq* * *
"I'm here to support the war. I think we need to show there's another viewpoint in San Francisco other than the liberal ideology that has a stranglehold on the area."
-- Lucia Vandenhof, San Francisco State student, who carried a sign that read "Liberals need to stop bitching! Get a life!!"
Free Speech Alive and Well in San Francisco