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bodica

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Nov 03, 2005 19:42

So I know many of you are probably going to disagree with me on this, but I really don’t have an appreciation for protestors. Not that I challenge their right to protest, but it certainly doesn’t do anything to change my mind about issues. Most specifically I take issue with the recent “walk out” of students, where a bunch of high school and ( Read more... )

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socratic_me November 4 2005, 04:17:24 UTC

SO, here is a greater surprise. i tend to agree with you. i know when I was more involved in regular protests, they generally seemed to accomplish very little except to provoke conforntation ( ... )

art1m1s November 4 2005, 04:28:13 UTC

I actually tend to agree with you. At some point in time a line is crossed that protesting no longer becomes the political tool that it can be ( ... )

Texas Prtest fox_c November 4 2005, 17:02:05 UTC

Ok, that broke the news on the BBC and they had very indepth coverage of it on a daily basis. Interveiws with her, timelines, reactions from various people in UK politics. . .it made HUGE Headlines. Even La Monde (French daily paper) did a bit of coverage on it.

Re: Texas Prtest art1m1s November 5 2005, 13:32:36 UTC

Wow. I'm not sure if i should be "scared" about the wide publicity of that or not

tashar November 4 2005, 13:16:52 UTC

*grin* and I actually agree with you too.

It makes (made?) a difference when a protest is unexpected - either in momentum (Vietnam war protestors, Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat) or its vehicle (Gandhi's ahimsa movement, coupled with his delibrate life of poverty.) The problem I have is that it's too expected, too easy - one can always go home to one's warm bed and a meal at the end of the day.

okie_boy November 4 2005, 17:06:11 UTC

I agree that the protest itself may not do much, but the fact the person felt empowered enough to try and make a change is fabulous in my mind.

bodica November 4 2005, 18:39:27 UTC

sure, but should organizations be encouraging students to leave their classes to feel empowered? As Tashar pointed out, protests work better when the protestors are giving up something to prove their point, as with the bus boycott organized by Rosa Parks. Sadly, leaving school to protest is an added bonus, not a burdern for most students, and thus their message is more easily discounted. Asking them to give up part of their Saturday seems like a better way to go about it.

I don't really have a better way to contact you... metalich November 7 2005, 03:42:42 UTC

How would Dec 17-21 work out for the two of you?

Re: I don't really have a better way to contact you... bodica November 7 2005, 05:01:14 UTC

That would work just fine for us. Hope to see you :)