--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" wrote: > > wiki is wildly wrong on at least two of these figures: > > wiki says: > 3 million people marched through London, UK, and 3 million > people marched through Rome, Italy in opposition to the > U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in the largest anti-war rallies > in history on February 15, 2003.
Ooooo, you left out an important word there, didn'tcha? (So did Buck.) I'm sure it was accidental. The word is "estimated." Both figures are estimates. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_peaceful_gatherings_in_history http://tinyurl.com/mqsff7 > Actually, police figures for the London demonstration were > 750,000. Three million is almost impossible, since that > would amount to over 5 percent of the entire population of > England and Wales. An estimated 12 million attended the funeral of Ayatollah Khomeini. That's 16 percent of the population of Iran. Event perceived to be very important can attract lots and lots of people. From a third to a half of Brits opposed the war in Iraq. > As for the Rome figure, the police issued > no estimate. The figure of 3 million came from the organizers > of the rally. So how do you know it was "wildly wrong" if there wasn't even a police estimate? No source is given for the UK figure, which is most definitely a black mark for Wikipedia. But typically police underestimate the size of gatherings, especially anti- government rallies; and typically the organizers over- estimate them. Often the police circumscribe the area to be counted more tightly--e.g., how many people were packed into a city square--and organizers extend it, e.g., they include people who couldn't get into the square because it was too full. It's impossible at this juncture to know what the real numbers were for either Italy or the UK. If you split the difference between police and organizer estimates for London, you get close to 2 million. At the least, it's a very inexact science for very large gatherings. If somebody estimated that 30 million people attended the London rally, you could say that was "wildly wrong," but I don't think it's appropriate for an estimate of 3 million. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, > > > "Buck" wrote: > > > > Yep, > > > > We have many hundreds meditating together everyday in Fairfield. > > > > SRF had 8000 together in convocation for a week of group meditations last > > summer. > > > > - these tens of millions congregating, for a united and peaceful purpose; > > celebrating the transcendental. > > > > > > Interesting numbers from Wikipedia on the largest global peaceful > > > gatherings, in history, selected and edited below: > > > > > > * 80 to 100 million people visiting the Kumbh Mela in India in 2013. > > > * 40 million people gathered on the main bathing day of the Kumbh Mela at > > > Allahabad in 2001. > > > * 18 to 19 million people visited the shrine of Imam Hussein in Karbala, > > > Iraq during Arba'een in 2013. > > > * 15 million people attended the funeral of C. N. Annadurai in Tamil > > > Nadu, India in 1969. > > > * 8 million people attended the annual feast of the Black Nazarene in > > > Manila, Philippines on January 2012 > > > * 5 million people attended a World Youth Day Rally in Manila, The > > > Philippines in 1995 to see Pope John Paul II. > > > * 5 million people came to welcome Ayatollah Khomeini in Tehran, Iran on > > > his return to Iran on 1 February 1979. > > > * 5 million people attended the funeral of Egyptian President Gamel Abdel > > > Nasser on 1 October 1970 in Cairo, Egypt. > > > * 4.2 million people attended a concert given by Rod Stewart in Rio de > > > Janeiro, Brazil on 12/31/96. > > > * The Bengali gathering, called Bishwa Ijtema (World Gathering) of > > > Tablighi Jamaat, converges followers from around the world in Tongi near > > > Dhaka, Bangladesh and with an attendance exceeding 3 million people. > > > * 3.5 million people attended Jean Michel Jarre's performance of Oxygène, > > > in Moscow, in 1997 > > > * 3 million people attended the funeral procession of racing driver > > > Ayrton Senna in São Paulo, in 1994 > > > * 3 million people marched through London, UK, and 3 million people > > > marched through Rome, Italy in opposition to the U.S.-led invasion of > > > Iraq in the largest anti-war rallies in history on February 15, 2003. > > > * An estimated 3 million people attended a parade in Boston, United > > > States celebrating the Boston Red Sox's victory on October 30, 2004. > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_peaceful_gatherings_in_history > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > > > > > Please note that some parts are takes from earlier in the day due to > > > > timedifference > > > > > > > > http://yuvatarang.blogspot.no/2013/01/watch-online-144-years-maha-kumbh-mela.html > > > > > > > > > >
