i'm going to a demonstration march today ! what have you ever demonstrated about ? and why ? ( Archived) (33)

and was it worthwhile ?

one for awareness for abused kids..... another for abused women's rights, and autism awareness....... so yeah it was worth it.

I've marched for and participated in jog-a-thons for things like Cystic Fibrosis, AIDS, etc... Never demonstrated because more often than not I'm in someone elses country.

What are you demonstrating for/against?

Yes, once.

There was a period in the not so distant future when political tension hit a high on these islands.

Some idiot wanted to show the other side how macho he could be, and let loose some shots at the facade of a political club of the opposite faction.

One bullet went haywire, and hit a young man and killed him.

The following day there was a silent march organised in Valletta, our capital. Thousands of people attended, mostly younger ones. The city went quite that day. Nobody so much as wishpered. Most, like myself, were crying. It ended infront of parliament with the National Anthem being sung.

And yes it worked. In the followign days both leaders of the main political parties went public togethere on all forms of media, and changes where immediately put in place to diffuse the entire situation. Which they thankfully did.

And still proud that I was one of those that helped to make it so.

ooooops....
distant PAST, not future.....

What are YOU demonstrating against GILLY?????


The mind ponders

I think he is going to force a faith or view down someones throat like them damn Christians do. Funny huh!

I led a mini protest once of about 40 people...the Chief on the reserve was trying to take over the Royal Chapel given to us by the Queen...for his own split-off religious group...so three of them..2 being members of this split off group voted to let this group use it...which was a clear conflict of interest....It's an Anglican church which has been in our community since the 1800 I think....and because this splt-off Anglican group was going to be using it...the Bishop was going to deconsecrate it...and it would no longer be a church!!!!!



The way this group did it was not even to ask...but just say they would pay half the utilities and just barged right in...I am not religious...however what they did was wrong and there were many people about to lose the only church they attended for years and who had loved ones buried there!!!!!!!!!


Needless to say..we marched into the Council Chambers and demanded they recind the motion before they date of deconsecration...with the media present ect....and we didn't leave until they did....They got the funniest pic of the day of me both in the paper and on t.v. of me telling the Chief to either rescind the motion or sign a resignation form I had drafted up...I think we slammed it back and forth about 4 or 5 times...and it was quite funny....Me telling him he was going to sign and him slamming it back saying NOOOO!!!!!



Anyway..those were my rebel days!!!!!!!!!