Jon Gabriel wrote:
> There was a riot in Spain during a protest yesterday. Saw the footage on
> CNN this morning. Protests are scheduled around NYC today, including a
> 'die-in' at Rockefeller Center outside the Today Show window and roving
> groups of human traffic obstructions down near Wall Street. Any protesters
> that block NYC traffic are probably putting themselves at serious risk.
> Would have been safer to declare themselves Red Sox fans in the middle of
> the 'Bleacher Creature' section of Yankee Stadium. :)
Heh.
I just wish that it were more dangerous for the protesters to block
traffic in *Austin*. I don't know how bad it's been this week, but last
week, there were several intersections (and for a number of hours, a
*bridge* across the river!) blocked.
I decided early last week that I would plan on *not* going downtown for
awhile, worried that the federal buildings, state buildings, etc. might be
targets. This week, I'm not planning on going downtown for awhile because
I don't know if I'll get stuck in traffic somewhere due to protesters
blocking off 2 of the 3 reasonable routes for me to get someplace. :P
(Maybe someone needs to point out just how much gasoline is being wasted
per minute, and how much air pollution is being produced per minute, every
time a street is blocked.)
Julia
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