Yes, and a bucket is not a hammer. If people are unwilling to give up their comfortable saturday morning to listen to about 90 minutes worth of speeces and go home, just think how much LESS likely it is that they will actually take up arms against their "lawful" government.
Disagree. Listening to 90 minutes of speeches is, to most people and for most practical purposes, a waste of time when the only expected consequence is to go home. Martial law and tyrrantical oppression does tend to get people’s attention, however.