There were protesters on the train platform handing out pamphlets
on the evils of America. I politely declined to take one. An elderly woman
was behind me getting off the escalator and a young (20ish) protester
offered her a pamphlet, which she politely declined.
The young protester put her hand on the old woman's shoulder as a
gesture of friendship and in a very soft voice said, " Lady, don't you care
about the children of Iraq?"
The old woman looked up at her and said, "Honey, my father died in
France during World War II, I lost my husband in Korea, and a son in
Vietnam. All three died so you could have the right to stand here and bad mouth
our country. If you touch me again. I'll stick this umbrella up your ass and open it."