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Bjorn Against Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-25-11 12:55 PM
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12. It is a cultural expression
Drum circles are usually not meant to send a message, they are meant to bring people together through music. Not every single aspect of a protest has to be about sending a message, it is important to build community as well and that is what drum circles do.
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  -NYPD halting drum circle in zucotti now hootinholler  Nov-25-11 12:13 PM   #0 
  - :(  uppityperson   Nov-25-11 12:14 PM   #1 
  - posting to support theother99. Great citizen and journalist.  Huey P. Long   Nov-25-11 12:15 PM   #2 
  - Zucotti security asked drummers to stop  hootinholler   Nov-25-11 12:27 PM   #3 
  - Given that the park is private property,  mythology   Nov-25-11 12:33 PM   #4 
     - Is the grassy area outside your workplace a POPS?  hootinholler   Nov-25-11 12:39 PM   #6 
     - Private property publically owned space and the drummers have been given  SammyWinstonJack   Nov-25-11 12:41 PM   #8 
     - The community board does not control the space  ProgressiveProfessor   Nov-25-11 02:55 PM   #15 
     - It is a privately owned public space, it is not in the same category as your work place  Bjorn Against   Nov-25-11 12:49 PM   #10 
     - I don't know how many times we have to have the same discussion  coalition_unwilling   Nov-25-11 12:55 PM   #11 
     - not exactly private property.  Warren Stupidity   Nov-25-11 12:56 PM   #13 
  - Drummers  krucial   Nov-25-11 12:34 PM   #5 
  - I'll be honest here, I don't understand drum circles, whats the point?  BoWanZi   Nov-25-11 12:40 PM   #7 
  - It is a cultural expression  Bjorn Against   Nov-25-11 12:55 PM   #12 
  - Bring people though music, that explains why I don't get it, I am musically poor  BoWanZi   Nov-25-11 01:15 PM   #14 
  - I belong to drum circles. It's nothing to do with protests or messages.  immoderate   Nov-25-11 03:41 PM   #16 
  - 3pm marching >Egyptian consulate & company that makes the tear gas used in Tahrir Sq  Huey P. Long   Nov-25-11 12:49 PM   #9 
 

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