Pat Sirochman, of Palm Harbor, enacts a gun being pointed at his son, Brett, 9, to make a point to peace activist Chris Ernesto, of St. Petersburg, during an anti-war demonstration on the Pinellas Trail bridge Sunday. Sirochman, a veteran of the Persian Gulf War, said he would fight anyone who threatened the life of his child, a gunman, for example. Sirochman supports the war in Iraq because he believes it's done in defense of his family and nation. "You'll never know what it is to be fully human until you have children," he said, after the debate.

Autumn Cruz, San Jose State University