I am curious how many of you consider yourselves protesters, or activists. I myself have not been to too many protests. I was at a few, including the demonstration against the Iraq war, an anti-Scientology protest, and a demonstration against funding the Afghanistan war and the funding for homelessness. I enjoyed each of them. They are fun to be at, lots of energy flying around and a tonne of positive vibes.I was thinking though, how effective are protests. In the 60s and 70s, were the protests the act that lead to changing the system, or were they simply a product of that change already in place? Are protests neccessary? Or do they get in the way of societies natural evolution.
or, who was more effective Malcolm X or Martin Luther King?

I would like to have an in-depth discussion about protests and protesting. I think we will see many mass demonstrations around the world in the near future, and i think its an important topic to discuss.

This clip got me thinking about it.Was anyone at Seattle?
http://www.alliancefilms.com/en/89/d...display/12051/


Let's go down to the protest
I dont even know yet what i want to protest
but i want to go down to the protest
and tell everybody how much i like to say NO!

   

genkav, you killed my thread. there is nothing wrong with protesting. its necessary. Gandhi? Malcolm X? the french people today keep the government on thier toes becasue of the mass demonstrations that occur all the time in that country. Why can't we keep our government responsible. WHY ARE WE IN AFGHANISTAN? our foreign policy sucks, and sadly we are the ones to blame for it. you and i.

   

You've protested Scientology? Why, I'd like to buy you a beer!