sure human beings can multi-task, but the author of the original post is doing so poorly at one task (attempting to stop the war) that it would be better that he focus his resources on something a little easier to handle.

And its strange that some people find my opinion so divisive that they would like me to leave while at the same time participating in a site that invites free speech!

What's wrong? Don't you like a place where you can have a fair and reasoned argument where we can discuss ideas in an open way?

The suggestions that I made in the first reply are real and valid ways to attack the issues at the heart of the war in a much more effective way than standing on the side of the road with a sign -- or getting arrested for carrying that sign into the roadway.

Right now people are attempting to stop the olympic torch from staying lit and reaching China. These people are getting media coverage and continually bringing up the issues of human rights abuses in china. Sponsors have already pulled out of the olympic games -- if all goes well one of two things will happen:

1. With the glare of the media at its borders China changes its ways and adopts a free and open democracy (unlikely).

2. The rest of the world will come to realize the danger of dealing with china under its current government and fight for change (more likely). The sooner companies like google and youtube and everyone else allow chinese people open and complete access to the web the more information the chinese people will get and that knowledge will be able to start a revolution of ideas that will change the face of china and the world forever!

Secondly if you wish to prevent future ways in Afghanistan or Iraq the people need to be educated. The sooner they are the better off they will be. Start a book drive, start a school supply drive. There are many places all over the world that have benefited from free and open education.

I stand by this. You may think that standing by the side of the road off and on for five years somehow effected change -- well it didn't. You may have thought getting arrested effected changed -- it didn't. People in Rochester and all over the world have been driving past your protests for 5 years and frankly we don't care about you or your signs or your protests because they lack meaning and substance. Your only slightly less annoying than the guys who stand outside of cell phone stores at the mall asking me what sort of plan I'm on.