Originally posted by lizzielou742
I have to admit, I haven't watched the RNC television coverage at all. However, I have been reading about the protests on this blog.
Lizzie,

I don't doubt your party affliation or politics.......

What puzzles me about the whole protest/anarchy/demonstration
deal is-

Why do the people who oppose war and violence...

Create public chaos by tying up street intersections?
Call their headquarters the 'DNC WAR' room?
Punch a cop into unconciousness?
Resort to giving a motorcade the finger?

I am sure that the money spent on keeping a bunch people from being a problem would be better served buying some school books for kids? Hiring a few more teachers? Giving some homeless people a meal, some help?
How many AIDS tests would overtime for one cop pay for?

While I do agree that people have a voice in how the government runs and WHO runs it, I find that some of the events, like a DIE-IN are very counter productive in the long run....

You do not want to know what I did to get my messages across...

The thought of any kind of arrest record bummed me out, I didn't want to make any lawyer richer by defending me for my stupidity and the thought of my political party being on my side for being a
anarchist/protestor was beyond the realm of belief.

In the long run, the people who are crying about public budgets, school and health expenditures and politco's salaries are wasting more money by just being a PITA....they tie up the cops, the courts and the system...

Take a look at the cost of processing one protestor and compare it to the the fine they pay, lawyer's fees and all that other crap....

We all lose.