I'll pray for a decent turnout. 
like in the first
post, just want to achieve a really obvious surge of people wearing
black hanging out at Centerpoint at 4pm on Saturday. Its just a
start, hopefully it becomes obvious enough a picture to appear in
"today" or something. An all out protest will put alot of people
off from joining, for fear of persecution. Maybe we need to start
with something light, like a passive protest.
Extract from
here
Let me tell you about Blue Jeans Day. (I was told about this by
an American friend.)
In the 1980s to the early 1990s in the US when awareness/support
for gay issues was nowhere near as high as it is today, an
individual from a campus queer club came up with a truly brilliant
idea: designate one day on campus "Blue Jeans Day" with the tagline
"Wear Blue Jeans If You Support Gay Rights".
The problem: just about every student on campus wore blue
jeans!
The results ranged from the hilarious to the truly infuriated.
Initially, most people were caught unaware and reactions to them
were anything from being thanked for their "support" to being
ridiculed by their friends.
There were also varying reactions from those who were unaware of
Blue Jeans Day. Anger at being "tricked" to amusement etc.
Over the years, some people conciouslly wore blue jeans, while
others equally conciouslly did not. But everyone started talking
about something they had previously refused to talk about.
No, this was not a way of trying to inflate the actual support for
gay rights; it actually got people starting to talk about gay
issues and rights.
I witnessed one such Blue Jeans Day in 1995. It was hilarious, it
was superb; it was the most brilliant idea that I'd come
across.
The idea will not work wholesale with what you hope to accomplish.
But adjust it to the local situation.
Someone suggested dressing in black on Orchard Road. If that is a
very common colour to wear in Orchard Road on a Saturday afternoon
(or night) then it is something along those lines. But you also
need something distinguishing. Don't meet at the same spot, for
instance. (Like the Mr Browners.) This way the police will have a
very tough time to knowing who is protesting and who is not. (Be
prepared with your own individual, "innocent" reasons for wearing
what you are wearing.)
I'll pay attention to this thread as and when (or if) the idea
develops.
