American Protestor killed in Gaza

[wolf]

Welcome, Kev!

I have the current good fortune to live and work in the suburbs, and for the most part not to be troubled by protests, actions, or even moderately sized groups of people milling around for any reason (although I have, on occasion, driven past the abortion clinic on protest days, but the police appear to have made it very clear that the protest is not allowed to spill out onto the roadway and bother anyone else, except for the predictable gaper-block, which is usually less messy than the regular evening traffic pattern).

I'm not really big on protesting in general. Doesn't seem to accomplish much. Last one I was actually present for was in college (entirely too long ago) and that was a "food fight to protest how bad the cafeteria food was". I only went to watch. The caf was packed, and to this day I wish I had a picture of the campus police who were in full riot gear ... one had creamed corn running down his face shield. Priceless. The food, however, continued to suck for my remaining four years.