Whose streets?

I just got back from the antiwar demonstration in NYC. I'm not going to call it a pro-peace demonstration. I think being anti-war is positive and constructive enough.

I'm more than a little disappointed with CNN. Demonstration organizers are estimating a crowd of 300,000, which is probably generous. The authorities declined to provide a figure, which means there was no way they could underestimate the number to their satisfaction and retain credibility. So we're talking a lot of people. The AP, whose story CNN is running, began the story with the cautious phrasing "tens of thousands" (which probably gives an impression that's maybe ten times off), and then CNN puts a headline on the piece "Thousands in New York march." So if you don't click through and read the story, all you get is that "thousands". Which is true. Thousands were marching. And then, you know, maybe about two hundred thousand more on top of those. So that's pretty silly.

But on the plus side I did get to pick up a flyer describing The Booby Trap which (can you believe no one got there sooner?) was the first piece of musical theatre to deal with bras as the nubmer one cause of breast cancer.