On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Kim Bruning <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 04:04:36AM +0000, Thomas Dalton wrote: > > On Dec 15, 2011 3:20 AM, "Kim Bruning" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > That, and remember that it is preferable to stage a protest BEFORE > > passage of > > > the bill. :-P > > > > I'm not sure about that. If we strike before they pass the bill then we > are > > assuming they will pass it. Shouldn't we give them a chance to do the > right > > thing? If we think striking is a good idea (and it certainly looks like > we > > do) then I would rather we threaten to strike and only actually do it if > > they do pass the bill. > > Same kind of thing as (external) people protesting us going to Israel I > think. By the time they protested, > we couldn't change our venue if we wanted to. > > "Didn't they know we can't change venue at the last minute? They should > have voiced their > objections EARLIER!" > > But I'll leave it up to the US politics experts to figure out the best > timing. ;-) > > Maybe we can do something else earlier? (probably best to continue this > onwiki :-) > > sincerely, > Kim Bruning > > ...but this begs to be answered here :) I'm not a U.S. political "expert", but I am informed enough to comment on American process, so my answer is the best protest is before the law is passed. Legislation is intentionally slow to be processed and slow to be overturned. Once you have a bill passed and signed into law, it takes an injunction and then years of litigation to over turn it. It's expensive to the tune of millions upon millions of legal fees for each passing year, and it takes many years. Best to nip it in the bud. -- ~Keegan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Keegan _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
