Originally Posted by willravel

Some protesting may be illegal, and some wars may be illegitimate, but the idea that protests shouldn't have any costs is so far beyond unreasonable. What if 74% of the public were to protest the war by buying only 50% of the gas they'd normally buy? Would you have the oil company sue the people for lost potential profits? Of course not. You see, just as MM said, that's absurd.