Was it worth it?
That's the question asked in this editorial from today's Boston Globe.
Not much by way of breaking news here, as most of this has been reported to death already; the "free speech zone", the overwhelming security presence, the financial impact on local business owners, the city's perception in the eyes of the world, etc.
But let me offer you this bit from the second page as food for thought:
Bueller?
Bueller?
Not much by way of breaking news here, as most of this has been reported to death already; the "free speech zone", the overwhelming security presence, the financial impact on local business owners, the city's perception in the eyes of the world, etc.
But let me offer you this bit from the second page as food for thought:
The zone was a practical failure as well. Boston police took great efforts not to provoke demonstrators, some of whom came looking for trouble. But the internment camp appearance of the zone was itself a provocation.Well, whadda you know? The policy of issuing a permit for the exercising of a constitutionally-protected right by law-abiding citizens proved meaningless. Now what lesson do you suppose we can learn from that?
Free speech survived in Boston after all. Police wisely gave protesters a lot of leeway to march and demonstrate along Causeway and Canal streets. Peaceful intentions, not permits, provided entry.
Bueller?
Bueller?
