South Korean youths demonstrated every evening, largley peaceful candle light vigils, in the hundreds of thousands, for over two months, against their nation's agreement to import U.S. Beef, after the agreement was created. The government struggled to back track, the sitting President, only five months in office after a land slide victory, plumeted to 17% favorability in polls.
Can't we do the same? Can't we have candle light vigils on the capital mall every night? I know this puts a special burden on the youth in the D.C. area, but this is what's needed. A lot of kids are home on holiday from school, many could make there way.
In Korea, the unions were largely behind this. Maybe this is time for young Kossites to organize a gathering.
My appologies that I can't gather. I actually live in Korea. I am in the Arizona at the moment, but I'm studying for a professional exam. Also, I am very, very, very poor. So I'm tide down.
But I remember only a few weeks ago riding the metro in Seoul, seeing all the youth on it, carrying their candles, in the early evening rushhour trains. While everyone else was going home from work, they were gathering in down town Seoul.
I wonder if this can't be done here? Are there Kossacks in D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia, that can't show up and gather infront of the Capital in D.C. after work and mourn the passing of some of our civil liberties?
Once it starts, can't it spread?
Isn't this something that Net Roots in the vacinity could spawn? Wouldn't this be taking things to a new level for the Net Roots? Doesn't our constitution permit our gather an assembly peacefully.
Someone bring wine, someone bring cheese, someone bring music, everyone bring candles. It's time for mourning.
We don't need speakers, we don't need big egos projecting themselves, we just need people to show up and mourn, peacefully. If the numbers get large enough, things will start to happen.