There are issues in our world that need to be addressed, things like human rights, peace, proper medical care for those who can't afford it for themselves, the homeless, and many other things that I'm sure you could all add to the list. I'm not sure, however, whether standing out in a street or plaza waving a cardboard sigh just on the hope of getting on international television is the way to call attention to the various causes. And, frankly, as often as not, the causes being supported by the protesters are anything from simply foolish (S.I.N.A., the Society For Indecently Naked Animals was a legitimate, licensed protest group in the '60's) to one step short of criminal (race supremacist groups, regardless of who they are or who they are protesting) This is probably going to make some people mad here, but if all of the people doing the protesting were actually working on solving the problems, there would be a lot fewer problems.