"Swell. Folks are always more open to suggestions when they're yelled at."

"--but there hasn't really been anything so big since the Anti-Sweatshop/Rape Awareness protest last year."

"Anti-sweatshop and Rape Awareness? What do they have to do with each other? See, when you pull stuff like that, real head-scratchers, it gives the appearance of shouting just for the sake of shouting. You guys don't even know how to protest well."

"Hey, not so fast. There was a demonstration just a couple days ago against homophobic graffiti that was actually pretty clever. They shouted, 'Hey hey, ho ho, homophobia has got to go.'"

"About as clever as it is original, and probably just as effective. Unless, of course, their desired goal was to lapse into caricature. In which case I would deem the protest a rousing success."

"Yeah, I guess it was a little ridiculous."

"In fact, while all of these rallies you've listed are for fine and worthy causes, the methods used just don't seem to be the most effective in spreading the true message. Which all ties back to your complaints about the administration. If you want to be treated like children--whining, screaming little brats--go ahead and continue to act like children. If you want to be treated like adults, then start behaving like it. Because otherwise, it's an exercise in futility--like setting up the deck chairs on the Titanic."