20-11-2003, 21:27
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Re: Canada In Trouble Again
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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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Well, I'm against the war in iraq and people I've talked to think america has lost the plot.
Personally I would define 'mass' as anything over 1,000.
How many people need to disagree before it becomes controversial?
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20-11-2003, 21:33
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Re: Canada In Trouble Again
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What's to enlighten? The Guardian is a left-wing pamphlet for the chattering classes.
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And that's before you start on their lack of a spell checker!
I vote Labour (boo hiss) but I also hate the Guardian, the Daily Mail and every single tabloid (especially that bloody Mirror!) out there. If I want a comic I'll buy Cosmo/Hello
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20-11-2003, 21:39
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Re: Canada In Trouble Again
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Personally I would define 'mass' as anything over 1,000.
How many people need to disagree before it becomes controversial?
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1,000 as a percentage of the population is nothing though is it??
What bugs me is the protesters that come on the telly and tell the whole world that the UK is up in arms about Mr Bush coming here, and he is unwelcome.
How dare they speak for me or anyone else out there that think that he should be treated with the utmost respect, just as we would any other visiting dignitary.
These people have a real nerve.
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20-11-2003, 21:41
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Re: Canada In Trouble Again
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1,000 as a percentage of the population is nothing though is it??
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That's in terms of protest, a much smaller % of people actually protest even if they share the same opinion.
10 people protesting doesn't say much, but 1,000.
Forgive me for repeating but, How many people need to disagree before it becomes controversial?
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20-11-2003, 22:36
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Re: Canada In Trouble Again
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Originally Posted by downquark1
That's in terms of protest, a much smaller % of people actually protest even if they share the same opinion.
10 people protesting doesn't say much, but 1,000.
Forgive me for repeating but, How many people need to disagree before it becomes controversial?
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Off the top of my head? I have no idea. I guess it would depend what the topic of discussion was. I'll have to give it some thought.
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21-11-2003, 00:38
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Re: Canada In Trouble Again
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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!
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