Overheard At The G-20 Summit

I was out in the middle of two protest marches during the G-20. The security was off the hook. At one point, during the protest in Larenceville on Thursday, there far were more riot police than protesters. The bystanders and journalists were the only ones being pushed back by the blockade. I overheard some funny stuff, mostly questions about why they were protesting or why we needed the huge show of force.

Check out my final G-20 sketches on the P-G's G-20 web site, including this one below.

Posted Sep 27 2009, 08:59 AM by Rob Rogers
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yinzerati wrote re: Overheard At The G-20 Summit
on Sun, Sep 27 2009 9:01 PM

Thanks Rob.

Great to have a "man on the street" who has at least two neurons that fire in sequence.  And isn't a big girl's blouse when it comes a mild little side dish of anarchy and anomie.  

Awesome cartoon as usual.

my opinion wrote re: Overheard At The G-20 Summit
on Sat, Oct 17 2009 3:52 PM

The easy part is to look back after the fact and say what should have been done (I can give you the winning lotto number from last week).  Too many police?  How can you know in advance how many protesters there will show up and how active they will be?  The beauty for people that really don't do anything (writers, cartoonest, people that have at least two neurons that fire in sequence) is they can never be wrong.  Those that are responsible for safety and security and have to anticipate what may happen and be ready for it have a tougher job. I would rather there be too many than not enough.