I'm guessing people are afraid to assemble because of the what 10,000 or so people who were "pre-emptively" incarcerated at the RNC....Yummm a sandwich a day and abhorrent conditions that even no prison has....Yep I'd say fear's a great tool. We probably would have never heard about it either , except a few rich people's kids were picked up in the "pre-emptive protestor sweep".