Via Caveman in Beirut , who says that estimates are now around a quarter million protesters:
The army has all but given up trying to keep away pedestrians trying to gain access to the protests, but the security presence is still massive. The good news is that the proceedings appear very organized and very peaceful, and there is still no sign of a loyalist presence or any noteworthy agitation among the crowd. I hope that my prior fears continue to remain unjustified.
I don't know if this is just wishful thinking, but it seems to me that disparate people around the globe have begun some kind of democratic exchange whereby the principles of peaceful protest, forceful and forthright demonstration and the rights of all people to assemble and petition the government for change are sweeping the globe.
It's as if the collective unconscious has awakened a democratic zeal and is using this moment to break through, in some cases, centuries of tyranny.
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