2024-09-01
Martin Geddes reports on the scene of protest in Edinburgh, and finds it - well, I suppose the word is disappointing, although he doesn't describe it so.
"When the message is uncomfortable, most people don’t want to get involved, even if it costs them their life and liberty"
I'm not so sure about that - mass spontaneous demonstrations require mass incoming discomfort to get everybody out at the same time; and whilst dreadful, both the ongoing calamity in Gaza, and the ongoing venality of those in government, have inevitably become as ubiquitous as background music. They lack the punch of NOW to galvanise the people.
Nevertheless there were still those who chose to be seen and heard.
And there are many who continue to make their views heard by other means, primarily on social media.
