75 year old woman at Toronto OWS demonstration said "we are not dead, we should

[applegrove]

come here and support what these kids want" talking about seniors. She also said her son gave her a little bit of advice: if you see someone put on a black mask run away shouting "black mask! black mask". Brilliant. That is how the crowds are keeping the peace and thus winning the 'war'.

[laundry_queen]

1. They seem to be very intent on keeping it peaceful

which is important right now. Apparently here in Edmonton, they have everything pretty planned out and are communicating everything with the police and have people in the crowd making sure there are no disrupters. I'm pretty impressed on the size of the rally here considering our economic situation versus the rest of the country and the world.

[applegrove]

2. Great that they are talking to the police. I went to some demonstrations in Ottawa in the

1980s, early 1990s and things went smoothly and people got to state their case with no distruption and tension with the police. When Mike Harris got into power I went to a demonstration and he had the police take a paranoid stance against the demonstrators. All it takes is one neocon to ruin it all eh?