Old School Protesting

I've been away from blogging for a long time... and today I was inspired to start again. My inspiration? The Denver City Council. They have banned use of chains, urine and feces in an attempt to control protest behavior at the upcoming Democratic National Convention. My question is, are protesters really that medieval? Isn't this the year 2008? Aren't there more powerful ways to make a statement? I sure hope so. Let's show Denver and our democratic process as the great place/process it is.