if you allow one group to do it, then every idiot with a bullhorn would be standing in union square pontificating about nothing. it's not all that hard to get a permit. you get them for a couple of hours and then you pack up.
everyone knows the rules. some people think their cause is so noble that no one would dare disrupt them. plus the media attention is greater if the rally gets broken up by force. the cops always look like the bad guys.
71 posted on 09/20/2005 11:11:12 AM PDT by thefactor