[thechat] protests?

[John Handelaar]

On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 11:46, Madhu Menon wrote:

> Preaching concern for the lives of people in Iraq by showing no concern for 
> those in your own neighbourhood isn't a great strategy. How are you any 
> different from Bush and co.? And if you are no different (which you might 
> be thinking on arguing), why should I listen to you instead of Bush?

Logical, but a little naive.

It's not about disrupting the police/society/neighbours,
it's about getting media coverage.  The blunt fact of the
matter is that people standing on steps holding placards
doesn't make for a picture that TV hasn't seen a million
times before.

No coverage = no campaign.  

That said, I'm slightly at a loss as to how exactly I'd
organise a demo of 1m+ people which caused *no* disruption
anyway.

-- 
John Handelaar <john at evolt.org.uk>