February 15, 2003, Reuters:
In the Australian city of Melbourne, 100,000 people demonstrated in a peace movement expected to spread to around 600 towns and cities around the world stretching from the far south to Iceland. (Hurrah!)

Norton1, how about starting a thread specifically for your viewpoint? I'm serious. Those of us on the 'other' side may have difficulty remaining silent or respectful but yours is a valid viewpoint- I, for one, would like to have the process discussed as to how one gets to that point.