1st protest idea
(Written by kencraw)
Thanks to David, I think we have a first protest idea. Everybody brings a cheap backpack to the game to dump on the security personnel. David suggests some… ehem… “creative” things to put in the backpack. I’m not willing to go quite that far to put something in it so inflammatory. But I do think filling them with something is a good idea, at a minimum so that they take as much room as possible, but also to identify them as part of the protest.
It could be as simple as popcorn. Any ideas?
Looking quickly, this was the cheapest backpack I could find, for those who may not have an old one they’d be willing to donate to the cause:
Who’s with me?
August 20th, 2013 at 9:49 am
Ken, thanks for coming up with a better backpack filler like popcorn. There’s no hazardous material of any kind when one uses popcorn. It’s a fantastic idea to fill a backpack with materials that are harmless not only to anyone handling them, but also to the environment.
My earlier suggestions were intended as materials symbolic of my view of the backpack policy.
August 20th, 2013 at 9:54 am
David, yeah, I had a feeling you were exaggerating.
I was specifically trying to think of something one might bring to the game so that it’s harder for them to make the implication that it’s inflammatory just based on principle of ‘there’s no reason to bring rocks to the game’.
But hey, “I was going to eat it out of the backpack.” is pretty
gooddefensible.August 25th, 2013 at 11:32 am
That’s great except for the people standing in line behind all of you with stupid things in your pack. Life is full of unfair changes. Anybody remember the 55 MPH speed limit? Just live it and move on. I have!
August 26th, 2013 at 8:22 am
Bar, yeah, others have talked me out of that particular idea, both because it is taking it out on low level employees who are not responsible for the policy and because the logistics impact other fans.
But I very much disagree with the “just live with it and move on” sentiment. Refusing to stand up for what is right is a recipe for disaster. Yes, some things are less important than others, but personally I see this as a component (albeit small) of the general move towards a police state that I find very troubling.
Often times, fighting some trivial change, the straw that broke the camel’s back, is the key to overall change. The civil rights movement started by challenging a public transit seating policy after all.