# UT Protestors REALLY hard up for ideas **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 12, 2003, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ut-protestors-really-hard-up-for-ideas/154576 "2003-02-12T14:58:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TitoBenito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2acd7d/32.png) [@TitoBenito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TitoBenito)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ut-protestors-really-hard-up-for-ideas/154576/21 "2003-02-13T07:45:27Z")
Walking out of school and sleeping in tents is way cooler than their tactics last year like lieing in front of the tower pretending to be dead. I always like to watch protests to see if something interesting happens like the whole JFA fiasco. But playing dead just wastes 20 seconds of my time tripping over them when i be getting to wendy’s before everyone else. too bad I dont have class till 3. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ut-protestors-really-hard-up-for-ideas/154576/22 "2003-02-13T13:14:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Boxcar \* > \*\* > What’s the Straight Dope from Austin on these pro-war demonstrations? \*\* Ummm…I believe that’s a joke, just like the first eight or so posts to this thread. There seem to be a lot of people out there that feel they have to fight for every cause. There are more people that feel those people need to get jobs. ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ut-protestors-really-hard-up-for-ideas/154576/23 "2003-02-13T13:40:40Z")
> [@](#): > > or are they the kind of sissies who just pretend to die, instead of really putting their money where their mouths are? Choking on money as a method of suicide? Innovative. ---
**Author:** ![ScoobyTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@ScoobyTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScoobyTX)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ut-protestors-really-hard-up-for-ideas/154576/24 "2003-02-13T15:45:52Z")
I don’t think a “die-in” would go over very well in front of the Tower. Although it was more than 35 years ago, people might see a “die-in” as mocking [this incident](http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial/whitman/). ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ut-protestors-really-hard-up-for-ideas/154576/25 "2003-02-13T17:20:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by particlewill \* > \*\*Um, I am not a serial killer. Do I have to stop breathing? \*\* I am. I can help. Send me your home address. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Tuco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tuco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuco)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ut-protestors-really-hard-up-for-ideas/154576/26 "2003-02-13T17:27:53Z")
An older [post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=159264) of mine. And guess what we\* are going to to about the war? Go on strike! Yeah, that’ll teach 'em! \*we means Sussex Uni students who have 2 hours lectures per week and going on strike won’t actually affect them. ---
**Author:** ![TitoBenito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2acd7d/32.png) [@TitoBenito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TitoBenito)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ut-protestors-really-hard-up-for-ideas/154576/27 "2003-02-13T23:23:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ScoobyTX \* > \*\*I don’t think a “die-in” would go over very well in front of the Tower. Although it was more than 35 years ago, people might see a “die-in” as mocking [this incident](http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial/whitman/). \*\* Not to mention the hightened fear of chemical attacks. When I saw the die in in front of the tower last year I got scared for a second, I thought the cloud of nerve gas was heading my way. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ut-protestors-really-hard-up-for-ideas/154576/28 "2003-02-14T05:26:22Z")
Scene: the White House President Bush: All the forces ready, Rumsfeld? Secy. of Defense: Ready, sir. President Bush: All right… commence invasion. Colin Powell: Mr. President, wait! I just got word from sources in Austin… UT students are walking out of class. President Bush: DAMN! Those meddling kids, they’re too clever for me. They’ve ruined my plans. Stand down! Abort all military operations! Yeah… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ut-protestors-really-hard-up-for-ideas/154576.md?page=1)