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Friday September 29, 2006

Protesting 101
Driving home this evening I passed a group of demonstrators at the corner of Mowry and Fremont, protesting about immigration. Or at least I assume that's what they were doing. For all I know it could have been Improv Everywhere having a laugh.

I saw several US flags and a banner of some kind. There were placards on which the only words I could read were "Legal" and "Immigrant" plus another that was partly folded over and so all I read was "HONK IF YOU ... ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS".

From this I deduced that these people were passionately concerned with the issue of immigration. However it wasn't clear to me what their position was - whether they were for or against it.

It seems to me that if you're going to get a group of people out on the streets on a Friday evening to protest an issue, you really owe it to all of us to make some damn sense. Judging by all the Vote Frederick Maria Truong-Katzenovic For Senior Deputy District Undersupervisor posters it's election time, so presumably you want me to go out and vote for something. Or against it. Or maybe you want me to abstain. Frankly I've got no idea. And until I understand your position, I'm not honking.

As for voting - can't help you there. I don't get a vote. I'm an immigrant.

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