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How to turn a 200,000 person protest into a 2,000 person protest

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Friday May 07, 2004 03:30

by David C.

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Several polls have shown that a solid majority of Irish people oppose the occupation of Iraq by the United States and oppose the use of Shannon airport by the US military. Over 100,000 Irish people protested against this war in February 2003 in Dublin, and Irish people are even more opposed to it now. It is obvious that with a little organization and planning an enormous protest of Bush's visit to Ireland could be made, involving as many as 200,000 Irish people. This would have a significant impact on Irish and US policy, on the coming US election and on the continuation of the war in Iraq.

How can this protest be avoided? How can Irish people be persuaded to stay home? How can we ensure that any action is as ineffectual and minimal as possible?

Here are some suggestions:

-Attach every little hair-brained personal cause you can think of to the protest!!! (anti-UN, anti-EU, etc)!!!!!
-Make sure that everyone can expect arrogant, violent punks to be running all over the place like football hooligans!!!!
-Hold the protest in Shannon, so that the majority of Irish people have to drive 5 hours and camp in a field to participate!!!
-Have lots and lots of squirrelly little self-important marxists groups take ownership of the protest!!!!
-Make sure that only smelly, hair-dyed unemployable knobs feel welcome!!!!! No ordinary people allowed!!!
-Don't listen to anyone who's opinion you disagree with!!! Ever.!!!!!!!!

Together we can smother this protest!!! Lets make sure that the opinions of Irish people about the war continue to go unnoticed!!!!

Well done Ambush2004!!! Well done Anti-war Ireland!!! Bush and his media moment are safe in your hands.

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Comments (38 of 38)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	david c - i think you doth protest too much	ec	Fri May 07, 2004 03:35
2	What the heck is going on?	Dr. Faustus	Fri May 07, 2004 04:13
3	What do we hope to achieve?	Ray	Fri May 07, 2004 10:09
4	David C	observer	Fri May 07, 2004 10:43
5	Why not have both?	David	Fri May 07, 2004 11:24
6	David C, you sound so bitter	Papa Doc	Fri May 07, 2004 11:30
7	Why have both?	Ray	Fri May 07, 2004 11:30
8	People are not going to travel all the way to Shannon	David	Fri May 07, 2004 11:36
9	I am being realistic	Ray	Fri May 07, 2004 11:45
10	swp in shannon	David	Fri May 07, 2004 12:03
11	What do _we_ want, and how do we _achieve_ it?	Ray	Fri May 07, 2004 12:13
12	Dublin march	Joe	Fri May 07, 2004 12:23
13	Ah ok, I think we're on the same page.	David	Fri May 07, 2004 12:26
14	Dave c	tom	Fri May 07, 2004 16:08
15	Do something or else shut the fuck up.	anne bonny	Fri May 07, 2004 16:26
16	and it may come as a surprise to you...	anne bonny	Fri May 07, 2004 16:41
17	Huge protests have a huge impact...tiny protests have a tiny impact	David C.	Fri May 07, 2004 21:17
18	don't see any conflict between a populist march	as do many other mothers	Fri May 07, 2004 21:31
19	Good suggestions...	David C.	Fri May 07, 2004 21:58
20	David C. you forgot	Paddy Wagon	Sat May 08, 2004 10:50
21	socialist protestor	socialist	Sat May 08, 2004 18:32
22	which party?	hs	Sat May 08, 2004 18:39
23	Smelly tie-dye hippy clothes...	David C.	Sat May 08, 2004 21:54
24	David C. living in a fairy tale.	Phuq Hedd	Sat May 08, 2004 22:08
25	As Brendan Behan said	Lone Gunman	Sat May 08, 2004 22:48
26	David C	Drbinoche	Mon May 10, 2004 00:36
27	"AmBush2004 and AWI are certainly claiming to represent me"	anne bonny	Mon May 10, 2004 16:53
28	sorry what?!???!	juan pablo	Mon May 10, 2004 20:45
29	That is disingenuous	David C.	Tue May 11, 2004 23:33
30	So, you can't or won't supply any evidence David C?	Phuq Hedd	Wed May 12, 2004 01:19
31	Duh....	David C.	Wed May 12, 2004 02:34
32	Bad guess	Doc	Wed May 12, 2004 03:24
33	what the fuck?!	anne bonny	Wed May 12, 2004 16:23
34	Think, don't rant...	David C.	Wed May 12, 2004 20:18
35	um...	anne bonny	Wed May 12, 2004 21:36
36	"I'm predicting a turnout in Shannon of about 2000 people, with absolutely no effect on anything."	anne bonny	Wed May 12, 2004 21:42
37	you forgot Eoin Dubsky	david	Fri May 14, 2004 12:17
38	car analogy	.	Thu Jun 03, 2004 02:55

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