Banned from the Fiesta?

[tbyg52]

Talk about a ghost from fiestas past.

Back in the 90s, I headed up a LULAC council at Southwest Texas State University. We weren't well liked by LULAC itself because we were young, idealistic, and, as we were told, "too political."

So, when I find out that a local council of the group LULAC banned Veterans for Peace for being "too political" from today's Cinco de Mayo parade, I became quite incensed.

Veterans for Peace's transgression, I hear via email, is that they carried a sign saying: "Out of Iraq/Afghanistan." Well, sheesh - what did the organizers of the parade *think* they were going to carry????

More:
http://dos-centavos.blogspot.com/2009/05/banned-from-fiesta.html

[sonias]

1. That's damn sad

Peace is too political?

:crazy:

Sonia

[Honeycombe8]

2. I think Cinco de Mayo is supposed to be a positive, uplifting parade.

Not a political protest gathering. That may be the problem.

Sometimes people just want to drink, party, and have a good time. You know, get away from it all. Carrying a "Peace" sign would've sufficed, it seems, for the Veterans for Peace organization. Uplifting, positive, without being too political.

Sort of like Veterans for Peace attending a St. Patrick's Day Parade. The parade is for having a good ol' Irish time, not for political discourse. Sometimes people just want to forget their troubles for a little while.

I think that's why escapism movies become so popular during war times and heavy duty political turmoil. Sometimes people need a free-zone from the heaviness of their country's and their family's turmoil.