The police will throw you in jail at the first scent of civil disobedience - it's just not worth it. They won't even question, you will go to jail. There was a protest in Chicago a few weeks ago because TABD (Trans Atlantic Business Dialogue) was in town doing their dealings. There were more police in riot gear than there were protesters.
In addition to that, the police now record your face and keep it on record. Even if I disagree with something very strongly, to me it's just not worth being pulled into a room at the airport to have rubber gloves shoved up my butt. Further, the media does a really great job at making the protests seem like the "cheezy" thing to do these days. It's just like... so not Gap commercial. They'd rather you just go back to your Taco Bell and shut up. You only have to hang around for their commercials to wonder why they would want to do that. So yeah, protests are lame these days. Basically you all should just shut up, like what you have, and if you have anything to say against it, you're only bringing everyone else down. Seems to be the general consensus. Adam. > -----Original Message----- > From: Haggerty, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 11:13 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Protesters > > > Protesters? > > Bill, you think you have protesters? You should see what its > like here in DC > when the World Trade Organization comes to town. > > They aren't even good protesters! The city paper runs a best > of the protests > issue, the whole thing is so gentrified it makes me sick. > > Here's to getting some better protesters here in the U.S. > Perhaps we could > approach some British soccer hooligans and see if they want > to hold seminars > on being more of a lout. > > That would solve our issue of lame protests. > > M > > -----Original Message----- > From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 12:14 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Protesters > > > Don't you mean the *alleged* media? > > <g> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Maureen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 12:13 PM > Subject: Re: Protesters > > > > At 09:25 AM 11/27/02, you wrote: > > >http://www.click10.com/mia/news/stories/news-180897820021127-061115.html > > > >wow was big news i heard about it i think before i moved to florida > > The media never ceases to amaze me with their lack of comprehension of the > basic language. How can someone be an alleged victim. The guys are > dead. Nothing alleged about it. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
