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Originally Posted by towny
But how do you define 'mass protest'? The demonstrators claimed there were 200,000 people out today - the police said more like 30-40,000. Personally, I think the police are more likely to know what they're talking about, so the protesters fell well short of their aspirations.
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Except for the fact that, as with the fuel protests and other anti-war or anti-government protests, the "official" figures seem to fall well short of practically *everyone else's* estimates, and that's not just the organisers, but also those of news organisations etc.
Now whilst the organisers may be more than tempted to over-estimate a bit, a factor of 5 seems a rather large difference between what they claim and what the police claim!