<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Marko Mitrovic <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marko.mitrovic@piratskapartija.com" target="_blank">marko.mitrovic@piratskapartija.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Out of curiosity, what methods do you find to be more effective?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It usually depends on the topic at hand and as said I find them "often" to be more effective; I wouldn't go into an absolute argument there that protests are not a good idea.</div>
<div><br></div><div>If you can mobilize a lot of people in one particular moment then it's likely that you will get into media and then it's a good display of the strength of the cause.</div><div><br></div><div>But given a democratic (i.e. no voting fraud) and non-totalitarian (i.e. no censorship) country:</div>
<div>a) if you want to get the attention of the public targeted media stunts (i.e. guerilla marketing) will often appeal more to journalists, than demonstrations (with few people) do; hence they get broader media coverage and if they get media coverage the message often gets better accross</div>
<div>b) if you want to get the attention of politicians you may create an (online) petition, where you have clear demands and a good amount of additional media for your cause</div><div><br></div><div>[/OT]</div><div><br></div>
<div>Any suggestions for vocal opposition?</div><div><br></div><div>-pat</div></div>