In vain do I protest that the policy of abolishing ticket sales on trains surely cannot be taken that far?
But though it may be a mission as futile as Sisyphus', I feel bound to protest when I discover new lows in inexorable degradation of our sensibility, manners, idealism and common sense.
Consequently, in protest I gave up riding altogether at the age of 14.
It strikes me too that the protest movement I used to know had outsized personalities who stood for one alternative that was clearly defined.
FORBES: Welcome to The World of Protest in The Age Of Social Media
I'd expect protest rallies by New York's municipal workers, and students at state and city universities, if the vise tightens further on tuition and layoffs.
Click here to see an article I wrote about the Occupy protest in Mexico City.
FORBES: Dispatch from Wall Street: What Happened to the Occupy Movement?
However, I will register my formal protest with the market, in terms of a token position, if Apple hits the number-two slot.
"Chile is a democracy and students have the right to protest, but I very much hope they will do it peacefully, " she said.
As one of the organisers of the protest outside the Miss World contest, I was disappointed that Mary Beard did not take the trouble to inform herself of the nature of the protest before giving her opinions on its supposed redundancy.
Having donated to a foreign-language learning program at my sons' school, for example, I felt motivated to write letters of protest when it became threatened by the school board.
When the IRS finally announced how paid preparers would register and who might be exempt from testing and continuing education requirements, I listened as my colleagues howled in protest.
FORBES: IRS Files Motion To Force Preparers Back Into Compliance, Cites Guess Who?
"The Guy Fawkes mask has now become a common brand and a convenient placard to use in protest against tyranny - and I'm happy with people using it, it seems quite unique, an icon of popular culture being used this way, " he says.
Nobody who knows me has ever seen me wear a tie except under protest, and the few that I do possess of my own volition are accidental trophies, "given" to me by the maitre d's of places where neckwear is compulsory.
WSJ: Christopher Hitchens on Forced Merriment, the True Spirit of Christmas
Besides that, I'm neither a fan of the Flemish nationalism that the beard would protest against, nor an unquestioning supporter of a 'Belgian' nationalism it would eventually advocate (although I do feel more sympathetic for the latter).
"I was working out, " Blackburn said, offering mock protest at the amazement following his one-week swing from stay-at-home dad to NFL game-changer.
WSJ: Different Number, Same Chase Blackburn for the New York Giants
"I think they hurt their cause more than helping it when they protest like this, " Ms Mills said.
In my staffer's suit and badge, I must have looked like everything they had come to Washington to protest.
Last week in London I got to meet Tom and Naomi from Occupy who pointed out that protest movements have great technical know-how.
FORBES: Welcome to The World of Protest in The Age Of Social Media
One thing I think Americans should be proud of -- when Tunisians began to protest, this nation -- me, my administration -- stood with them earlier than just about any other country.
For in the walking I discover a thread that runs through time, beyond the need of personal protest, connecting me to that life with Aunt Sadie and Uncle Luke on Chesapeake Bay.
A. in New York, my wife and I took a day trip to Plymouth, MA. Visiting with the typical expectations, which were largely met, I was surprised by a monument marker that described an 41-year-old protest march and rally led by the United American Indians of New England.
When I lived in Cairo, I truly believed that the Egyptian people would never overcome their fear and take to the streets to protest.
Among the interesting people I met were two independents who registered as Republicans to cast their votes for Jon Huntsman, to protest against a strain of conservatism they dislike.
Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), the oldest religious party in Pakistan, boycotted the 2008 elections in protest at former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, but it has fielded some strong candidates in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh.
应用推荐