I think this is a watershed moment (pun intended) for the New Tea Party movement. It is the very essence of this protest that it demonstrates that the people are fed up with government micromanagement of every molecule of our affairs, imposing paralyzing (and often stupid) restrictions on our liberties and levying confiscatory taxes, needless to say, without real representation.
If I was there, or if I had any influence with the people who will attend, I would definitely bring a tea bag (just one) and ask everyone else to do so also. Then, I would say we should definitely throw the teabags in the water and take the consequences. If it is a large group, a mass arrest would force media attention on the protest and the stupidity and heavy bootheel of this idiotic ban on the teabags and I think the authorities would be forced to withdraw any enforcement.
Go Tea Party!!
I'd do that, and also have someone a couple of miles upstream unload many, many cans of ice tea mix. F'em - the whole point is to demonstrate against too much government, so it is either violate the law or stay home.
Does ANYONE think that it was lawful for those "Indians" to dump a shipload of tea into Boston harbour? COME ON - the whole POINT is to break the law.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.