Effective protest in Calgary – without the shock

[habernac]

Originally Posted by hulkrogan

Barely related, but I regularly decide when it's time to cross the street downtown based on the nearest group of people in brightly colored vests with clipboards asking "Do you have a couple minutes for me to talk about X horrible injustice before asking for money?"

When they got start and started covering both sides of the street I started pulling my phone out of my pocked and pretending to recieve a call on my approach.

iPod headphones FTW. I just keep walking.

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by northcrunk

Almost as bad as pro-lifers

Nobody is as bad as pro-lifers. Not even the Canucks.

[pylon]

Yeah, that abortion truck is f'ing repulsive. I am pro-life, but that thing is bloody repulsive. I was in rush hour traffic stuck behind it, and there was a woman with an old mini van full of little kids. The kids were staring at it in disbelief, and the woman driving in the front seat covering her face and looked to be in tears. I wanted to follow that dude and punch him in the throat for exposing elementary school kids to that. It's a frikkin disgrace.

Have your opinion, fine, but don't thrust it into peoples faces.

[jeffh]

I believe the pro-lifer office is right beside the Special Olympics Calgary office in the NE on pegasus. It will be the office with a locked door during business hours, as they are probably worried about getting punched in the face in the safety of their office. Their truck may be parked there, you could always let all the air out of its tires, in a means to protect the forced education of our children as they sit on the bus.

[Northendzone]

crap like this si why i stay in the suburbs on the weekends and patronize large faceless multi-national firms

[Otto-matic]

Originally Posted by Northendzone

crap like this si why i stay in the suburbs on the weekends and patronize large faceless multi-national firms

The ####ty part about the chinooks lately is all these wackjobs are able to roam the streets protesting.

Even at the malls they seem to have no problem blocking the hallways and being annoying arseholes.

[PsYcNeT]

Originally Posted by Otto-matic

The ####ty part about the chinooks lately is all these wackjobs are able to roam the streets protesting.

Even at the malls they seem to have no problem blocking the hallways and being annoying arseholes.

This is why I always carry a mesh tank top with the nipples cut out and a jar of Vaseline.

[Suzles]

No surprise to many here but I am an animal rights protestor and proud of it. I was unable to attend the Canada Goose protest the other week but will certainly attend one in the future. A short while ago I spoke to a girl who was wearing one of the jackets and she didn't even understand that the animal had to die for the fur. That's why I go to these events. Raising awareness. Most people would opt not to be cruel - of course they would. Why wouldn't they?

[Osker]

Originally Posted by Otto-matic

I find in Kensington they will do a block radius. Having a pair on each corner to trap you into talking to them. Ie. Because im a girl.

I used to get harassed by those people last summer very frequently. Even with headphones on and my phone out or head down they would be all over me. Are they a relatively new entity downtown?

[vegasbound]

Those types of protests bug me a little too much, mainly because I come from a farming family/background. Don't even get me started on PETA....

[Devils'Advocate]

I often hear complaints about protests blocking storefronts, but I think that is a red herring. Many of MLK's protests disrupted businesses. So I think people have a sliding scale. "Protesting something I believe in disrupting business is okay. Protesting something I don't like disrupting businesses - not okay".

I've seen the name PETA brought up repeatedly here. Many animal rights supporters dislike the organization as much as many of you do. Between their hypocrisy (killing animals in their shelters) and lack of good judgement, they tend to do more harm than good to the movement they supposedly support. Throwing us all in together is unfair. It's like throwing all G-8 protesters in with the Black Block.

[Chingas]

I accept the opinion that killing animals for fur is wrong. However I only accept that argument from vegans that own zero leather goods. Anyone else is a hypocrit.

[Devils'Advocate]

If I recycle my pop cans, plastics, newspapers but for whatever reason toss my glass in the garbage and I promote recycling in the community, yes I could be called a hypocrite. But I'm also doing more than someone who doesn't recycle anything.

Secondly, why vegan? I am okay with a symbiotic relationship with animals, I just don't consider killing them for my own gain to be "symbiotic". I get my eggs from free range chickens; the egg whites are store bought but the whole eggs are from a local farmer. I don't see how that makes me a hypocrite.

[kn]

Originally Posted by Chingas

I accept the opinion that killing animals for fur is wrong. However I only accept that argument from vegans that own zero leather goods. Anyone else is a hypocrit.

I have a problem with this perspective because no one is 100% consistent in whatever position they take or cause they support.

You don't have to be a vegan to be concerned about animal welfare. You don't have to be a tree hugging hippy to be concerned about sustainable development.