<p>It also perpetuates the myth that there is a shortage of spaces in college. </p>
<p>The demonstrators were supremely uncivilized. Sadly, this happens quite often. I read about a group called BAMN (By Any Means Necessary) using such tactics, like blaring out the opposition. And black militants used it in the 60's and 70's- One held a building ransom at Cornell, while heavily armed (see <a href="http://www.hooverdigest.org/994/sowell2.html)%5B/url%5D">http://www.hooverdigest.org/994/sowell2.html)</a>. The president of the university caved in. Look at the recent elections in Detroit. (The winner was known to be somewhat corrupt. As the Economist put it "How to make race an issue in an election where both candidates are black." The other candidate appealed to older blacks and whites as he was more serious, less of a thug- the other pitched himself as a hip hop mayor- and more conservative.)</p>