What is interesting, though, is that this was about size.

The implication is that the government didn't think it would be a big protest, and had to be persuaded that there were more people against their policy than they might like to believe.

That, in itself, is a sort of message.

My first reaction to the news was: sod the damage to the grass, that's nothing compared to the mess they're going to make in Iraq if they get their bloodthirsty way.

Anahata