Terror law protestors take their mixed messages to the street

I always get the sense that someone’s thinking – “damn it, I worked hard designing this placard and I’m bringing it”.

That said and strategic issues aside, it’s hard to come down on anyone for getting off their arse and doing something.

Quick note Slapp – if you’re going to accuse people of being stupid, don’t litter your post with spelling and grammatical errors. (6 if I’m not mistaken – though apostrophes still confuse me)

Damn those stupid wannabe anarchists, I would like to see how long they can last without some of the luxeries of the modern world. Those half brained semi interlectuals who believe that the world should be let loose to find it’s natural order.

Don’t get me wrong I agree with the protest but these resistance guys are complete tossers. They manage to undermine any protest with their idiotic behaviour. If one day in the future the whole government collapses and the country is thrown into anarchy. I’m going straight over to these tosser’s place and giving them a taste of steel cap opinion.

Kerces, I’ve been reading about the organisation of this protest, and those in other cities, for months.
I never said it was a last minute decision. The anti-terror laws have been on the surface of the poltical agenda for a while and it became a real concern to such groups when Howard tried to hurry it through parliament thus they decided to include their opposition to it in the protest.
It doesn’t take long to print up and put up a few posters.

Jey, I thought the posters I saw around Civic advertising the protest said it was a civil liberties protest, so it didn’t seem like a last minute decision.

And Joey, it was actually me took the photo and the placement was completely unintentional. They weren’t very co-operative protestors, I had to keep running in an attempt to get in front of them to manage a decent picture.

Unfortunately, that’s “Resistance” for you – never send one message when thirty will do, and never let the fact that other people might have some common ground with you on one particular issue stop you from smothering them with every other issue you can think of…

Every so often, it seems like they’re funded by the Liberal party to turn people off organised protest rallies.

JB, was it intentional to wait for the Socialists to get in front of Redpath’s before you took the photo?

Pity that the message gets lost in the noise during these events. Still, nice to see the mastercard marxists out for a Sunday stroll. I don’t see Senator Brown anywhere though.

Hey, that’d be great: start turning up at all sorts of protests with RiotACT banners, and see how many times you get coverage in the media!

I must wonder if JB would have taken photos of the RiotACT banner.

Sunday tends to be a fairly relaxing day for me…usually. Todays main activities included cleaning and folding up clothes. I’m not a terribly exciting person.

Sam, you should have been there with your RiotACT banner. (What on earth do you do on Sundays at home?)

No wonder I enjoy Sunday at home

The original intention of the protest was anti-war/bring the troops home but as the anti-terror legislation stomped on the political agenda it also became a focal point of the protest.

I do agree that one simple message is probably the best way to reach the public but I guess because there isn’t often an opportunity to protest they take the opportunity and cover a few bases at once.