In a message dated 4/7/2002 8:22:32 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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> My own experience with ADAPT was not too positive. All they are after are
> seconds on TV news. They move on and others are left to clean up the mess.
> There was one positive out come here when they pressured a popular
> restaurant
> into removing architectural barriers. That was done by local activists.
>
> There is also Sandusky, Ohio.  I don't know if that was ADAPT, but the
woman in that story seemed to need help, and the kind that comes in numbers.
I do believe that peacable assembly makes the stronger case.  Once somebody
has felt threatened, we've lost them, regardless of the merits of our fight.


Those who already hate this movement love these kinds of protests.  It gives
them something more tangible to hate.