Protests by the people often involve throwing things. Colonial protesters tossed cases of tea into Boston harbor. Czechs threw rocks against Soviet tanks in 1968. The current protests in Egypt have been mostly free of hurled objects, but that may change.
If the Egyptian protesters want to up the ante, they need merely look to Canada, the Paragon of Peaceful Protest. Joe Robb, a 31 year old from Oakville, Ontario was so fed up with the lackadaisical play of the Toronto Maple Leafs earlier this season that he tossed waffles on the ice during a game. Joe was escorted from the stands. When interviewed, Joe stated, "I threw the waffles tp protest the organization as a whole. Forty four years without a Stanley Cup? That's a joke."
"How many waffles did you throw, Joe? Two or three?"
"Eight'" he replied. "I threw the whole box"
"Why waffles?"
"Drop the 'W' and you've got 'awful'", Joe responded.
Cases of tea, rocks, and even Molotov Cocktails are passe'. Protesters should heed this example from The Great White North. Toss waffles. Nobody gets hurt (unless they are really stale), and you make your point. Why didn't Gandhi and M.L. King think of this?
Those clever Canadians. No wonder they never needed a Revolution or a Civil War. They know how to protest. Waffle Power!
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