Tony, you might well be right about that. Recall that the June Fourth Incident (Tiananmen Square) was heroic but futile. And that itself is 23 years in the past now and China ain't changed. (The June Fourth Incident as it is called by the PRC: now, isn't that a nice clean name?)

You and I are very much in tune with this. I felt much the same way when some folks asked me to go perform in Chicago in 1968. I said basically, "Nice, but what for? Can't ya get your head split open here in New York? At least that'll save the cost of going to The Windy City."

I don't think protest is dead, but I do think older people who learned to keep their cool back in the day are fearful of reprisals and much less inclined to get out there. Younger people have to get educated, pissed off and motivated. Then maybe.

Later, Tony.