Reply #108: perhaps a better way to think of this event would be

[iemitsu]

to compare it to the invasion of your homeland by a mercenary army who wanted to displace you and threaten the existence of your family. would carrying a baseball bat to defend your home turf sound like vandalism to you then?
i know that americans have grown used to the idea that exploiting others for our own gain is acceptable and we are told that when we invade other's territory that we are there to improve their lives but these notions are in conflict with basic human rights (and reality).
american workers should not just step aside when greedy corporations try to replace them with mercenaries, especially when it is done in our own towns.