[lbo-talk] The Problem of Conspiracy Theorists at the Anti-WarMeeting Yesterday

[Chuck]

Robert Wrubel wrote:
> Nice to know that the "shutdown" of San Francisco in
> the week after the invasion has reached mythical
> status.  If you examined any of the major downtown 
> businesses' employee absence or sales records of those
> days, they wouldnt show a blip.

I have no idea how business sales were affected, but the shutdown was 
pretty intense from what I've heard.

I helped shut down downtown Washington, DC in September 2002. In that 
case, businesses were significantly affected. I know this for a fact 
because I worked in downtown DC and the amount of traffic and 
pedestrians on the streets during our weekday protest was like a weekend.

It helped that the police scared lots of people into staying at home and 
others came in later in the morning.

Chuck