Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]
Oh pulllleeeze, Henning - Any of us are capable of looking at the t.v.
coverage of the demonstrations this past weekend and telling that
however one wants to argue about head counts, there was an astounding
number of people, in New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, etc. etc.,
who came out to protest.
"1000 weirdo people who don't count" - dream on.
- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Henning
Wulff
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 7:12 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: [Leica] FS: Special Anti-War Protest edition Leica M7
At 5:59 PM -0500 2/14/03, Austin Franklin wrote:
> > Well, the last one was estimated by SF Police (not organisers) at
>> 100,000 to 150,000 and with the growing shift in public feeling
>> about potential war, I would guess rather more than that this.
>>
>> How big does it have to be before it's classed as "massive"...?
>
>I don't know, but when they count the number, are they going to use
>"statistical" (snicker, cough, choke...) methods, and "really" count
>only a very dense area, and then apply this density for some overall
>(inflated) area...and play with the numbers so that 10,000, including
>normal traffic and tourists etc. somehow turns into "100,000 ANGRY
>protestors"?
No, of course not. They're going to look at a large field, in which
there are only 10 or 20 protesters and apply _that_ density for the
overall area and arrive at a conclusion that 100,000 angry protesters
are really only 1000 weirdo people who don't matter anyway.
- --
* Henning J. Wulff
/|\ Wulff Photography & Design
/###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com
|[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com
- --
To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html
- --
To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html