There are other attention -getting expressions of dissent at present. Aside from the expensive papier mache effigies for burning by the poor militants concerned for the environment, some informal settlers have retrogressed to their tantrum-prone childhood whenever threatened with the truth about the ownership of the land they occupy. They gather stones, bottles and other projectiles the night before the demolition. So the next day, they bring out their arsenal on the persons carrying out the court order. In the process, they lose more than what they had hoped to retain- their houses. Some lose life or limb .
These are trite and tested to fail, except maybe catch the attention of the action-hungry media. They are predictable, too so ho hum to their targeted audience.
What mediation offers is a calm, cool, and kind setting for both sides of the conflict to discuss, negotiate and settle their disagreement.
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