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[Doug Henwood]

Uh, perhaps I wasn't clear enough. "They were a catalyst for 
something much larger than themselves" and they were "greatly 
upstaged by all the other people at the rally" together mean the same 
as "they organized something significant." It was very wonderful to 
see all those people there, and they wouldn't have been if ANSWER 
hadn't done the logistical work.

But making people stand around for three hours in some serious cold 
and then ambling two miles in the same cold may not be the best way 
to get repeat customers.

Doug

Michael Perelman wrote:


>Still, they organized something significant. Doesn't that deserve
>considerble credit?
>
>On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 11:14:31AM -0500, Doug Henwood wrote:
>>
>>  ANSWER's predeliction for organizing rallies that involve three hours
>>  of standing around listening to mostly dull speakers is annoying
>>  enough, but when the wind chill is like -40 F, it's excruciating.
>>  Aside from that, though - and the hamfisted propaganda video they
>>  showed on the bus - the ANSWER presence was greatly upstaged by all
>>  the other people at the rally. It's like they were a catalyst for
>>  something much larger than themselves.
>>
>>  Doug
>
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>Michael Perelman
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