Here in Boston there was a fairly big demonstration yesterday. Plenty of local coverage and reaction from state officials and community organizers. What has been the reaction in your neck of the woods?

 

No protests or demonstrations at the beach. People down here are civilized and don't feel the need to vandalize, set fires, assault, block traffic or do the other things the low lifes are doing in other areas. I am sick of hearing about it and turn off the TV when it comes on.

 

I consider it an inconvenience that I have needed to plan my work schedule to avoid traveling through areas of planned demonstrations or likely to attract impromptu protesters since they impede my smooth travel and make me nervous, but my clients have been understanding.

Mostly it has only been an inconvenience to me and it isn't that difficult for me to avoid the typical places where protests happen in the city.

Protesting or having a demonstration is one thing. Riots are another. Protests can be very civil and peaceful, but protests sometimes turn into riots. Riots are stupid and very dangerous.

It is very important to differentiate between civil, peaceful protests or demonstrations and outright stupid, dangerous riots.

 

It's a relative non-event here. They had a protest of about 200 people that didn't really do anything other than stand around holding signs.

 

That's a classic example of a civil, peaceful protest or demonstration. Nobody gets hurt, nothing gets torched, people get to express opinions (whatever it happens to be).

 

We save our riots for sporting events, LoL Though even those riots wouldn't happen without the usual helpful dose of police "presence".

 

We save our riots for sporting events, LoL
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I hear ya! People tear stuff up for the dangedest reasons. Maybe it's a regional thing. In New Hampshire, they riot at Pumpkin Festivals. Go figure, eh?

 

We save our riots for sporting events, LoL
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I hear ya! People tear stuff up for the dangedest reasons. Maybe it's a regional thing. In New Hampshire, they riot at Pumpkin Festivals. Go figure, eh?
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I'm rarely surprised by the acts of drunken fools.....

 

I guess that just goes to prove that people will use any excuse to get drunk. Pumpkin festivals?

 

I protest! I've been a drunken fool many times, but I have never menaced any pumpkins. Haven't brandished any either. Done lots of other less than genius-level stuff though.



And yeah, it's kind of an embarrassment for New Hampshire. Keene, I think it was, just in October (maybe it was Sept). Annual pumpkin festival. Family event like a county fair sort of thing, ya know? Reports are (for however accurate they may be) that students from the local college got drunk as skunks at/near the festival and vandalized and trashed the town. Everyone was like wtf?

To their credit, other students at the college mobilized the next day and showed up with trash bags and clean up gear to help clean up.