3 in 35 million
by your own logic though, thats still 90% of the eligible who dont give a fuck...
( PMGT -Bacon., Mon 15 Nov 2010, 0:50, 1 reply)

logical fallacy here, and in to some extent in the OP
It is a safe assumption that the people who were protesting did give a fuck, however we can't make the assumption that those that did not protest did not give a fuck. It could be that those not protesting (of the 35 millions) could not attend because they were ill, had to work, were out of the country, could not make it to a place to protest, did not think that protesting would make a difference, had not even thought about the issue, did not know that the protests were happening... etc etc etc etc etc
( Sextant goes to him is emotionally erect, on this day, Mon 15 Nov 2010, 7:48, closed)

True
I have never attended a protest and this usually boils down to:
- I did not know of one until it was pasted on the news.
- Some turn nasty - I do not want my head kicked in by either side or by those in uniform.
- If I travel there, where would I park my car?
- I need to get a day off work.
- The missus would 'protest' at me, refer to point 2.
- Protests, petitions, violence, peace - simply put, anything short of hostile takeover has been shown to be little effective unless near election if your REALLY REALLY lucky.

Basicly, I do give a f***, but those who are protested against seem so give each one of us a f***, day in, day out. It's simply too painful to walk, let alone attend such events.
(FunOnABun Smears lard on you!, Mon 15 Nov 2010, 16:34, closed)

Which also kind of illustrates one of my other points...
We, in this country, do not suffer enough for anyone to fight and/or die for change.

What I mean is, if this was America in the 1950s and you were black (you may already be black, I don't know. I'm not black so lets pretend I am...), and you'd spent the best part of your life being called a nigger, being forced to attend black only schools, being forced to sit at the back of the bus, never getting decent jobs and basically living as a third class citizen, and there was a civil rights protest, would you really give a shit about where to park your car, or getting a day off work?

My point is, I'm sure you do care but maybe you just don't care enough.

Incidentally, I've never been on a protest march either, for exactly the reasons you described.
( PMGT -Bacon., Tue 16 Nov 2010, 3:32, closed)

Thats a very good point
and one I have considered and there are two conclusions I think can be drawn here:

1) A lot of people do give a fuck and therefore protest marches are a really shit way of getting your point across because so many people can't get involved for the reasons you stated above...

or

2) Most people don't give a fuck.

One of those two things is the case.
( PMGT -Bacon., Tue 16 Nov 2010, 3:15, closed)