From: John Cuccia 

On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 21:44:53 +0200, "Phil Payne"
 wrote:

>Does it require the entire UK population to walk past Parliament before it
>responds?  What is the purpose and function of the great democratic benefit
>of free demonstration when one of such magnitude can be so completely
>ignored?

IIRC, the anti-war protestors of the Vietnam era didn't show up for a
single march and then spend the next few years bragging about how many of
marched and whining that they weren't listened to.

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