Interessant, zelfs in de buurt zijn van demonstreren tegen Bush levert je al een arrestatie op in New York. Eric Corley: I was one of the unlucky 1821 to be arrested that week. I wasn't a demonstrator. I was covering the news for WBAI and IndyMedia. There were many others like me who were not at all involved in the events but were swept up in a massive police raid, the likes of which this city has never seen. Which is more newsworthy: the incredible and flagrant violation of the rights of so many people, or the fact that some of the demonstrators are pampered brats? From http://www.nypress.com/ : It's quite dismaying to see how you belittle the misfortune of the people who were sent to Pier 57 during the RNC ("Guantanamo on the Hudson Reconsidered," 9/8). But by mocking detainee complaints about filthy conditions and lack of edible food throughout the 12-plus hours many of them were imprisoned there, you come off as callous and uninformed. People developed rashes. Others had breathing problems. Some grew faint from the lack of food. These things really happened. Ask the medics and legal observers who met with people after they were released.…