# what of this protest?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-this-protest/162158
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [March 18, 2003, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-this-protest/162158 "2003-03-18T00:43:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2003, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-this-protest/162158/1 "2003-03-18T00:43:53Z")
I just received an e mail ( I am on the list) of the Ohio Greens.
They are aghast at war imminent.
Howeve,r they say the time to act is now!
Everyone should protest the war (when it starts) by calling in sick to work, ringing church bells, etc.
Interesting.
Would that even have an effect?
How much of a percentage of workers calling off would affect things?
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### Author:  [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-this-protest/162158/2 "2003-03-18T02:07:22Z")
Not at all.
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### Author:  [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-this-protest/162158/3 "2003-03-18T02:07:22Z")
Not at all.
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### Author:  [@Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_of_Sandwhich)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-this-protest/162158/4 "2003-03-18T02:21:27Z")
I notice, vanilla, that you use the expression “calling off.” I find that quite charming, because it’s an expression I’ve heard only from people in Ohio. Which part of Ohio are you from?
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### Author:  [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2003, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-this-protest/162158/5 "2003-03-18T14:05:08Z")
the good part. ha!
A Cleveland suburb.
Heck, if over 50% of workers called off?
Hospital workers?
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### Author:  [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-this-protest/162158/6 "2003-03-18T14:44:05Z")
Nowhere near 50% of American workers are going to do anything the Greens suggest.
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### Author:  [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-this-protest/162158/7 "2003-03-18T14:44:58Z")
I’m being hypothetical.
What IF?