March on Brady along Extreme Sports

Today we took our Breaking the Silence message about Drones cost $$$ & Lives to the Brady Street Festival. We expected less concern from police and security but I was surprised by the lack of expression for or against the message. For most it was just another protest and were not interested in our ‘million dollar’ bills giving some information on drone warfare. With the big talk of the national debt in the news and with the article on explosion and cost of drones in my mind, I tried to drum up interest in the message by saying cutting Killer Drones would eliminate our national debt. The same article had pointed out how there was 70 drones in the beginning of 2011 and now there was 70,000. At an average price of 4 million dollars per drone with $5000 an hour to operate I think with the elimination of drones the savings would help eliminate out national debt. But that take on the message was not effective as other statements. Although one person did point out to me that the cost of lives was more important than the money. I agree.

I sent out a message on the peace talk list server yesterday with the message of how to eliminate the national debt by eliminating drone warfare. But no response to that message.

Why the difference between response at Brady Street Festival and Bastille Days to our action? It is the fact we had less clowns today or the weather was hotter? The only thing that made sense to me was the fact that the first crowd at Bastille Days was more diverse, especially politically. People more easily loved or hated our message, while the crowd day at the Brady Street Festival was more politically together on the left as liberals. Although, I am, I do not mean to categorize persons but for a long time I had thought ‘peace liberals’ who talk peace were the tougher crowd to appreciate nonviolent action, be it small as our drone and clown action today.

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