Everyone from my office will be attending this. I'm curious to see if a mob of tech nerds will be taken more seriously by the powers that be than occupy wall street people.
I really hope that it does, and that the media actually cover it. I would like to imagine that if staff from all the major NYC tech startups came down it would at least warrant one article...
with the recent heavy handed crack down of any NYC protesting, I would be worried of even attempting this. NYC has cracked down hard on freedom of speech.
If you really are afraid of peaceful civil protest in the USA, I'd say that's all the more reason why we have a responsibility to practice peaceful protest now before things get worse.
Police are perfectly behaved when the proper permits have been filed...Here's a photo I took of when the hundreds of pilots protested on Wall Street (also at the same time as OWS): http://www.flickr.com/photos/zokuga/6190171031/
And for protests without permits...the cops are generally going to not do anything but watch unless there's an imminent public safety issue. They don't like bad publicity as much as the next person, and I imagine they're going to be particularly wary of very tech-savvy groups, for obvious reasons.
Be happy that not everyone thinks like you, because if that was the case, you wouldn't be living in a democracy. Well, what's left of the US democracy, anyway.
The kind of worry you have is exactly the reason for heavy handed crackdown. The theory goes that such approach discourages further protest.
If you care about the internet AND/OR you want to show that such tactics don't work, do show up. Otherwise, sit back, relax and get ready for an internet that looks like network television.
If anybody starts to pepper spray them, it will be posted to so may blogs that it will be everywhere by the end of the day.
Combine that with pointing out that he has admitted he is in favor of censorship and you have the ultimate head-line (especially if somebody brings their kids).
