[lbo-talk] Modern reading comprehension via FB

[Bhaskar Sunkara]

A self, not police restriction, but the general Assembly should also
allow applause. I was there on Saturday night and I could not participate in
that weird jazz-hand twinkle thing they were using to silently signal
agreement. Call me a crypto-totalitarian, but people who say stupid things
should get shouted down. People who say agreeable things should be cheered.

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com> wrote:


>
>  FWIW, I stopped by the General Assembly tonight (Sunday, 10/2, the night
>> after Brooklyn Bridge event) for a couple hours
>>
>
> BTW, I have to say, having sat through a couple of hours, my first demand
> would be for the city to let them use a bullhorn.  It seems a perfectly
> reasonable and realizable one with lot of sympathy among everyone who's
> every visited -- the ban is absurd on any ground.  And it would have an
> immediate and wonderful effect on the process they care so much about: it
> would make their meetings half as long.  The difference between a 4 hour
> General Assembly and a 2 hour one is huge.  It would also make them more
> enjoyable and more attractive.
>
> I should add that with the weather getting cold, yelling until they're
> hoarse and sitting on the cold ground will wear them down physically.
>
> Michael
>