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To: SLJP
Thanks for the offer.

Unfortunately I won't be able to attend any of the demonstrations (live in AK) but I've been very active locally in organizing domonstrations, and I've learned the important value in coming carefully prepared with an attractive, single-page educational handout for the media/uninformed, and a 10sec soundbite of salient points, ready to be delivered in an instant, with all due reasoned, passion.

This demonstration might just provide the kind of attention & pressure with which Monaco would be inclined to respond ... especially if it garnered a little media exposure.

The left has developed successful tactics over many years of practice, implementing a variety of humorous and sarcastic responses designed to sell their side of the issues in question. The media IMHO has really responded well to this attention-getting/give-em-what-they-want approach

The 'Right' and especially FReepers are just now learning how to get that kind of positive acceptance/attention. Who can forget FR's GREAT/creative 'Chinese General' character,(forgive me for forgetting your name Sir) dressed in a Communist Army uniform, w/ all that $$$ sticking out of every pocket, at those streetcorner demonstrations in CA. back during the Clinton/LORAL days.

Lots of fun for the other demonstrators ... and one magnetic attention-getter for the media and the passing curious/uninformed.

Now I've got to find out that Commie-Generals FR handle ... help me out somebody.

27 posted on 02/02/2002 10:04:11 PM PST by CIBvet
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To: CIBvet
Ahhh...you're thinking of FReeper "gaijin" and his alter-ego, General Chang!!
43 posted on 02/03/2002 12:10:09 PM PST by Mercuria
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