[thechat] protests?

[Debbe Watson]

I understand both sides of this issue and of course no one wants war.
We live in a free and open society so everyone has the right to protest,
however there are bigger things in this picture than the individual
protestor.

Protesting did not prevent war from beginning, so logically, who would
think at this point protesting would halt it in its tracks. 

My concern about present day protestors are:

1.  They are providing large crowd opportunities for terriorists.
2.  They are risking injury to themselves and others around them.
3.  They are distracting military and local law enforcement from very
important duties and issues concerning national security, regardless of
what country they are in.
4.  They are wasting tax payer dollars on events which are not being
recognized by the powers that be.
5.  They are risking repercussions on many levels and their futures by
having an arrest record.... even just for protesting.

Give it up!  Use your voting power to protest, not your life.  You get
more than one vote.  You only have one life.

Debbe





-----Original Message-----
From: thechat-bounces at lists.evolt.org
[mailto:thechat-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Ken Kogler
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 10:43 AM
To: 'The evolt.org social mailing list '
Subject: RE: [thechat] protests?

> they're almost certainly still working on the notion that
> large enough, and noticable enough demonstrations will change Bush's
> mind. I'm guessing it's noticable they're going for, but I think
> there are better ways to do it. 

Is that was these protests are supposed to accomplish? Bush is just
going to look at the TV one day, and say "oh, I didn't know. Shit." and
just call all out troops back?

I understand that people are looking to voice their opinions, but can
these protests really be viewed as a force for change, or are they just
people venting their frustration?

--ken

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