The plucky protester needs police protection
Posted by Robert Olsen on October 14, 2007
The rally for universal suffrage last Sunday, not only attracted those in favour of democracy but also this plucky individual, who was holding a banner stating that democracy resulted in people like Chen Shui-bian being elected.
The vast majority of the demonstrators read the banner, chuckled or shook their heads and simply continued on their way. A handful of people, however, stopped and began taunting the man. As more people marched by, the man and his banner developed into a congregation point and the taunts became more aggressive. At least two people tried to knock the banner down with their umbrellas
Fortunately the police resolved the problem by forming a cordon around the fellow and removed his banner. This defused the situation immediately and the crowd moved away.
Afterward I kept wondering to myself what in the world was this person thinking? Why mention Chen Shui-bian when he could have used George W. Bush instead? It just doesn’t make any sense.
