Where were you when…
…shock and awe started this time four years ago?
Tim Ireland wants to know what bloggers were saying for themselves on March 20 2003.
I was blogging at ‘Bar Room Philosophy’ at the time, a blog I kicked off in January 2002. The blog is now long gone but thanks to the wonders of the interweb, the post I wrote on March 19 2003 was preserved by the Wayback Machine.
The post I made on March 28 was better, after having been on Brighton beach watching the West Pier burn down.
I was a proper Stopper back then. My marching days didn’t last very long though. Trying to get away from combat-booted policemen, breaking up a march for having the temerity to deviate from its route, while pushing a two year-old in a buggy made a coward of me, I’m sorry to say. And then seeing George Galloway speak in the flesh put me off the Stop The War Coalition altogether.
I was very fond of BRP and I’m sorry I closed it. Through it I became friendly with a few people who I still know now, including Tim. Some of them are still blogging and I’ll tag a few of them (Jim, Nick and Rochenko) to carry on this meme, if they don’t mind. I think this is rather a good one.
So, what did you post on 20 March, 2003? (Or on as near to the day as possible.)
Doesn’t have to be a blog entry; it could easily be in usenet or in a forum.
Update: Rochenko reminisces.
Posted on March 20th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
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