My plans for Feb. 15th

[taimatsu]

... are a little disjointed right now. When I decided I had to do something (late last week) I looked at the Stop The War Coalition website, looked at the listings for local groups, and emailed a likely-looking name on the list. Now I'm getting emailed updates on what is happenning in Oxford. Mostly it is prep for the 15th, though.

There are, as liriselei says, coaches being organised from Oxford. Tickets can be bought from a number of places, including the Quaker centre on St Giles, Uhuru Wholefoods on the Cowley Road, and the Inner Bookshop on Magdalen Road. The organisers are keen to have people use these coaches, and buy tickets early, because it makes organising and knowing numbers way easier.

I am not sure yet whether I will use the coach they provide. I would quite like to go with people I know. The only demonstrating I have done before is one Mardi Gras march in London, with my almost-cousin William, and one gay pride/visibility march in Oxford, with j4. I am significantly nervous about this thing, because, well, you hear bad reports about some of these demonstrations (more anti-globalisation ones than anythign else, but extremists can mix into any crowd). Therefore, I'd prefer to be with people I'm familiar with that any convenient bunch of other people, no matter how nice and well-intentioned.

So, is anyone from Oxford or environs up for forming a little peace posse with me?

Comments

[ex-lark-asc.livejournal.com]

Dunno if I count as environs, but ACK.

[taimatsu]

Not an abbreviation I'm familiar with; do translate. ∏

[ex-lark-asc.livejournal.com]

Er, I nearly typed 'j0' instead, you might have understood that better given your anime fanhood :) ACK isn't actually an acronym, for once, it's short for 'acknowledge' - a positive response in some older types of ping protocol, I think.

[beingjdc.livejournal.com]

Evidently not, since the war is a Jolly Fine Idea As Far As I'm Concerned (tm), but I imagine plenty of the OULC people will be going - you might know some of them.

Well, the single ones who aren't just likely to be staying in bed on the morning of the 15th, anyway. Ho hum.

> you hear bad reports about some of these demonstrations

Ironic though it would be for a peace demo to turn ugly, I'd be surprised. Mind you, at the first peace demo after September 11th a friend of mine accidentally got herself photographed standing under a giant banner which read 'if you want to tackle international terrorists, start with the Jews'.

Have fun.