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Dec 13, 2005

"To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men." --Abraham Lincoln

Protest

For the past two weeks, as legions of gray-suited lobbyists for power companies and bureaucrats hammered away at international global warming treaties in a Montreal hotel, 500 young people from all over the world have been staging well-behaved and good humored demonstrations. The demonstrators have persistently shadowed delegates, reminding them that the decisions they make today will profoundly affect the future quality of life for today's youth.