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PS: peaceful revolutions are always preferable. However, they only work so long as the Powers That Be give 2/3ds of a shit. Once the PTB choose to ignore Public Opinion ( at home and abroad ) such protests become useless, and usually turn into massacres.
If, for example, Bush had ordered the NY Nat'l Gaurd to shoot into the protesting crowds in NYC, caring not a whit what anyone thought of him, do you REALLY think that banging on drums and chanting would change his mind? No; he'd simply order more shootings. When a dictator chooses to ignore Public Opinion, he can do whatever he likes until he is removed BY FORCE.
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