In NY, a problem with the protests was that the city 1.) didn't give the protesters a permit to march to the U.N.; and 2.) underestimated the amount of people who would be protesting.
This resulted in a police cordon that prevented many people who wanted to join the protest from actually reaching the "official" protest site. Therefore, they wandered around outside the cordon and effectively held their march to the U.N anyway in just wandering up and down the street trying to join the protest. No wonder the reported numbers are wonky. -Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 11:23 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: The Choice Before Us > > > Wonder who's numbers those are, as this line right here casts doubt: > > Organizers estimated the crowd at 100,000; police put it at 30,000. > > Organizers always inflate there numbers. So is 6 million the organizer > total or police total. > > Doesn't say in the article. Either way, it is selective moral outrage. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Harkins,Patrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 11:19 AM > Subject: RE: The Choice Before Us > > > > http://makeashorterlink.com/?N57721083 > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > >Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 7:40 AM > > >To: CF-Community > > >Subject: RE: The Choice Before Us > > > > > > > > >What 'overwhelming' turnout? > > >What's the population of those cities where marches took place? > > > > > >How many people turned out? > > > > > >How is that overwhelming? > > > > > >-Gel > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Maureen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > >You know what, Kevin, I'm going to practice what I preach and > > >refuse to > > >argue with you about this. I posted something that reflected > > >my opinion > > > > > >and based on the overwhelming turnout for the peace marches today, the > > >opinion of millions of other people. So I'm going to bask in > > >peace and > > >quiet, and the joy of knowing that free speech is not dead, and people > > >can > > >still make a difference. > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
