Comments on: Mr. Stanfield goes to Washington http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/2007/01/31/mr-stanfield-goes-to-washington/ The opinion blog of The Daily Pennsylvanian Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:17:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Adam Bartolanzo http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/2007/01/31/mr-stanfield-goes-to-washington/#comment-786 Adam Bartolanzo Fri, 02 Feb 2007 06:08:06 +0000 http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/?p=369#comment-786 Excellent article, scholar Standfield. But I was sorry to read about your sense of disappointment with the protest. I was overwhelmed with exhilaration when I attended the event on Saturday. I felt like I was apart of something great, something more significant than just a bunch of people carrying signs and chanting slogans. We were participating in the very heart of American democracy, beating out collectively our frustrations over an unpopular war. Saturday's protest reinforced Tocqueville's opinion of Americans as a "joiner society." One of the rights we hold dear is the right to peacefully assmeble and address our grievances to Congress. To gather in such large numbers peacefully in hopes of influencing our representatives is a wonderful characteristic of a free society and is also not commonly found, unfortunately, in many other countries. In my opinion, we should enjoy the protest for what it was: a large group of people trying to express a collective will. If democracy has really become just an illusion, then why would such phenomena even exist? Yours truly, your friend and fellow scholar, Adam Bartolanzo Excellent article, scholar Standfield. But I was sorry to read about your sense of disappointment with the protest. I was overwhelmed with exhilaration when I attended the event on Saturday. I felt like I was apart of something great, something more significant than just a bunch of people carrying signs and chanting slogans. We were participating in the very heart of American democracy, beating out collectively our frustrations over an unpopular war. Saturday’s protest reinforced Tocqueville’s opinion of Americans as a “joiner society.” One of the rights we hold dear is the right to peacefully assmeble and address our grievances to Congress. To gather in such large numbers peacefully in hopes of influencing our representatives is a wonderful characteristic of a free society and is also not commonly found, unfortunately, in many other countries. In my opinion, we should enjoy the protest for what it was: a large group of people trying to express a collective will. If democracy has really become just an illusion, then why would such phenomena even exist?

Yours truly, your friend and fellow scholar,
Adam Bartolanzo

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