Wouldn't the ideal protest hinder the workings of the group you are protesting against without causing problems to the rest of the populace? Stalling cars on the freeway, while not causing the urban chaos that you dread, would keep families apart, disrupt emergency traffic, and generally sway public opinion against your cause.
I work near Washington, D.C. and I found that this is a good example of what NOT to do. Many people sympathetic to the anti-war movement assumed that this was just another anti-war protest that just happened to add another 2 hours to their commute without ending the war.
Wouldn't the ideal protest hinder the workings of the group you are protesting against without causing problems to the rest of the populace? Stalling cars on the freeway, while not causing the urban chaos that you dread, would keep families apart, disrupt emergency traffic, and generally sway public opinion against your cause.
I work near Washington, D.C. and I found that this is a good example of what NOT to do. Many people sympathetic to the anti-war movement assumed that this was just another anti-war protest that just happened to add another 2 hours to their commute without ending the war.
Posted by: Ben Shayne on April 19, 2003 10:08 AM