I was at the edge of one in Teheran, 1978. Lots of blood, young and passionate, soaked deep into that thirsty Persian soil. I was at the edge of one in Bangkok ten years later. It went amok. It took me another decade to tolerate more than three loud people at once.
Crowds make our folk anxious.
We grew up waiting for the next mob to hurt us some more. Puppetmasters are arrogant to the same degree the people re dumb. I spent an afternoon with Rabbi Michael Lerner, last week. I d never sat with a rabbi before then. I have Multnomah County Commission Chair Beverly Stein to thank for that.