Damn all these protestors

Doggiedog

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Even Falun Gong is protesting.

What the heck are they protesting?



The New York City Police Department and Parks Department are anticipating a
variety of separate events before and during the Republican National
Convention. The Convention itself begins Monday, August 30th and continues
through Thursday, September 2nd, however, demonstrations and other events
begin on Friday, August 27th. These events and demonstrations include:

Friday, August 27th

* Christian Defense Coalition, 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., prayer vigil on 7th
Avenue in front of Madison Square Garden. The Coalition has also scheduled
a demonstration at Church Street between Liberty and Vesey Streets, on
Sunday, August 29th.

Saturday, August 28th

* Planned Parenthood, march from Camden Plaza across Brooklyn Bridge to
south end of City Hall Park for a demonstration, 11:00 a.m. to 2 p.m.
* Middle East Peace Coalition, Union Square Park, Southeast Triangle,
demonstration, 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
* Green Party, Washington Square Park, Noon to 6:00 p.m.
* American Friends Service Committee, Central Park-Cherry Hill, 10 a.m. to
8 p.m.
* Falun Gong, Park Avenue from 44th Street to 59th Street, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Sunday, August 29th

* United for Peace & Justice, undetermined.
* Code Pink Women for Peace, Union Square Park * South Side, 9:00 a.m. to
Noon.
* Not In Our Name, Union Square Park * North Side, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
* Christian Defense Coalition, Church Street between Liberty and Vesey
Streets, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
* Falun Gong, West Side of Park Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets, 4
p.m. to 10 p.m.
* Falun Gong, 8th Avenue and 30th Street, 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Monday, August 30th

* Disabled American Veterans, rally at main demonstration area, 8th Avenue
and 30th Street, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m
* NYC AIDS Housing Network and Hip Hop Summit Action Network, march and
rally from 15th Street at Union Square to 8th Avenue, north to 31st Street,
Noon to 6 p.m.
* NYC Atheists, 8th Avenue and 30th Street, 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Tuesday, August 31st

* NY Metro Area Postal Unions, main demonstration area at 8th Avenue and
30th Street, 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Wednesday, September 1st

* NYC Central Labor Council, 8th Avenue and 30th Street, rally, 4:00 p.m.
to 7:00 p.m.
* American Friends Service Committee, Union Square Park, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
* "The Line," individuals from a coalition of arts and labor organizations
standing on sidewalks along Broadway from Wall Street area to West 30th
Street holding "pink slips." They plan not to interfere with vehicular or
pedestrian traffic, 5:00 p.m.
* National Organization of Women, rally, East Meadow, Central Park, 7:00
p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
* Grassroots Coalition of Media Organizations, 52nd Street between 6th
Avenue and 7th Avenue; south to 50th Street rally spot; march to 48th and
6th Avenue, 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, September 2nd

* Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Union Square Park, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
* Westboro Baptist Church, vicinity of 30th Street and 8th Avenue, 10:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
* One People's Project, Tompkins Square Park, 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
* IAC/Answer Coalition, 30th Street and 8th Avenue, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
 

metalmania

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Those falun gong ppl are stupid. They got their green cards by claiming they believe in Falun Dafa, and now they want to protest, for what? To get the citizenship?
 

nakedfrog

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Could they be protesting the US' lack of action in the persecution of Falun Gong followers in China?
 

TheAudit

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Originally posted by: Doggiedog
Originally posted by: eigen
Maybe they are protesting for peace?

By smashing McDonalds & Starbucks and fighting with the police?

That's when the protest rally group just becomes a good-for-nothing mob.
 

eigen

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Originally posted by: Doggiedog
Originally posted by: eigen
Maybe they are protesting for peace?

By smashing McDonalds & Starbucks and fighting with the police?

Have they already started doing this? And really have you looked at the groups involved none of those groups would engage in violent protest. Don try to tell me they would either as I have been at sizeable protest before and it is not the progressive/liberals that get crazy it is the far-left/socialist that are eager to escalate the action.
 

CPA

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Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Could they be protesting the US' lack of action in the persecution of Falun Gong followers in China?

And the US should be taking action why, again?


Some of these groups just sound funny:

NYC Athiests
Code Pink Women for Peace
NYC AIDS Housing Network and Hip Hop Summit Action Network

They should all just get together and form one big group and protest together. Call it the "Crazy Liberals for Kerry" group.



<----agnostic voting for Bush
 

Doggiedog

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I am not singling out these specific groups. This was just a sample of the organized protests that will go on that we have been informed of. One of them is going to be right outside my office. I just happen to think all of these protests suck.

If you think that there aren't going to be unauthorized protests by lunatics with nothing better to do, you are sadly naive.

I am bracing for a Seattle like WTO protest as are the rest of my colleagues.
 

shenaniganz

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Originally posted by: eigen
Originally posted by: Doggiedog
Originally posted by: eigen
Maybe they are protesting for peace?

By smashing McDonalds &amp; Starbucks and fighting with the police?

Have they already started doing this? And really have you looked at the groups involved none of those groups would engage in violent protest. Don try to tell me they would either as I have been at sizeable protest before and it is not the progressive/liberals that get crazy it is the far-left/socialist that are eager to escalate the action.

I don't think anybody suggested it was the liberals who are to blame for the possibility of violent protests. And, yes, the groups claiming to do the protesting are very violent and are planning on attacking McDonalds and Starbucks. Link
 

nakedfrog

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Originally posted by: CPA
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Could they be protesting the US' lack of action in the persecution of Falun Gong followers in China?

And the US should be taking action why, again?

I didn't say they should or shouldn't, I'm just wondering if that's why they're protesting. Seems like a good enough reason.
 

Doboji

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* Christian Defense Coalition, 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., prayer vigil on 7th
Avenue in front of Madison Square Garden. The Coalition has also scheduled
a demonstration at Church Street between Liberty and Vesey Streets, on
Sunday, August 29th.

Pro Life protest

* Planned Parenthood, march from Camden Plaza across Brooklyn Bridge to
south end of City Hall Park for a demonstration, 11:00 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Pro-choice

* Middle East Peace Coalition, Union Square Park, Southeast Triangle,
demonstration, 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Israeli-Palestinian conflict... probably anti-Israel... calling Israel an apartheid state...

* Green Party, Washington Square Park, Noon to 6:00 p.m.

Save the earth, and vote for Nader

* United for Peace &amp; Justice, undetermined.

Anti-Israel/anti-war in Iraq

* Code Pink Women for Peace, Union Square Park * South Side, 9:00 a.m. to
Noon.

anti-war in iraq

* Not In Our Name, Union Square Park * North Side, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

attempting to stop US aid to Israel

* IAC/Answer Coalition, 30th Street and 8th Avenue, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Anti-iraq war, anti-capitalism
 

CPA

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Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: CPA
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Could they be protesting the US' lack of action in the persecution of Falun Gong followers in China?

And the US should be taking action why, again?

I didn't say they should or shouldn't, I'm just wondering if that's why they're protesting. Seems like a good enough reason.

got it, though I disagree it's a good enough reason.