Corporate Director Romanticizes About Anti-Capitali$t Battle of Seattle

Heroic Protesters Make Good on Maoist Values by Looting the Local Starbucks

History revisionism seems to be the norm in Hollyweird as a cast of stars have assembled to produce the most recent far-left tripe: Battle in Seattle. The writer/director, Stuart Townsend, has an article in Alternet glorifying this nonsense:

In 1999 fifty thousand people, mostly Americans, from all walks of life, marched on the streets of Seattle protesting the policies of the World Trade Organization. The event was dubbed the "Battle in Seattle" and its organizers were clear in their mission -- to shut the talks down and focus the world's attention on policies that were in fact harming the poor, the sick, and the environment. After the world's attention shifted, I felt there was still more of a story to tell. How did David truly slay Goliath?

Too bad this "awful" system of capitalism has given pretty boy Stuart a cushy existence as he's shacked up with Hollywood babe Charlize Theron. Meanwhile, us jokels in the rest of America have to pray that our landlords don't have to foreclose on our domiciles because of the crony schemes designed under the guise to "help the poor".

Aside from Stuart's hypocritical posturing as GQ Che, the Battle of Seattle had nothing to do with a dissenting message and everything to do with thugs destroying property in the great Emerald City for the sake of "protester chic". I was in college at the time and I know the type. Some douchebag who has never worked a day intheir life, picks up a Chomsky book and all of a sudden is acting out some misplaced rebellion against their imperialist parents. This personality type is fueled by the far-left rhetoric from pointy-headed professors trying to whip up ideals from the wet dreams of the 60s.

This video documenting the Battle of Seattle supports the premise that this "epic" 1999 protest was nothing more than a gaggle of hooligans making a nuisance for the Seattle police and citizens. Notice the "protestor" at 3:00 into the video who said he is in attendance "for the riots", followed by the normally liberal/eco-conscious Seattleites who aren't too pleased that this riff-raff is having a garbage bonfire in the middle of an urban populous.

The true legacy of The Battle of Seattle is found at Nationmaster:

Businesses lost approximately $9 to $18 million in sales, and suffered $2 to $3 million dollars in property damage (mostly covered by insurance). There were further losses in tourism due to damaged reputation, and/or public apprehension in living or visiting Seattle.

If these people are so upset with the horrors of capitalism, feel free to move to North Korea...I'll even pay for the ticket! As far as the "real" heroes of modern protests, it has to be the small business owner and his employees who have to clean up the feces and broken glass left behind by these wretched protestors. Of course no one in Hollywood is making a movie about those poor guys, because business is evil...unless your mass-marketing a multi-million dollar movie.