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Originally Posted by Johnny199r
What does this type of protest accomplish? Do they hope the Canadian government will change their policy? Are they trying to get neutrals on their side? What is it? I'm not really sure what waving flags and yelling in public in the other side of the world from the conflict does. Honest question.
Clearly, I've never protested anything before. Although when I don't like a restaurant, I don't go back, is that a protest?
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It's a decent question for sure. While I doubt that the Gov't of Canada will spring into action because of this, it does (theoretically) accomplish a few things:
1. Raise awareness that something is happening in the Middle East (for those living under rocks....). We are talking about it now, I suppose.
2. Build a sense of community amongst the protesting group, which could be leveraged into more practical activities such as a letter writing campaign
3. Gives the participants, who are clearly passionate about the situation, a chance to feel like they are contributing to the cause rather than feeling helpless to affect change.
As someone else mentioned - Harry Hays building was probably a more logical location overall, but you can't beat the visibility that's available around City Hall/Olympic Plaza.