On Thursday 25 Aug 2011 2:39:21 am Sirtaj Singh Kang wrote: > It's really weird though to watch people assume that peaceful protest > alone gives legitimacy to the goal being sought here. If the bill is > passed, will all the protesters disperse and go home happy? >
I think this is misinterpretation by overanalysis. Ascribing intention to a crowd can only result in comical fallacies. If a staduim full of supporters watch their team lose one could assume that they all came to do just that, that is, to watch their team lose. Showing support to a cause or a team or a person representing a cause does not necessarily translate to suporting the end result. Shooting the Sri Lankan cricket team may have been a far more honest and up front expression of support for the end result being sought. The home team could never lose that way. shiv
