October 12: University of Pennsylvania senior Dan Fishback is quoted thus in the New York Times:

Campus activism at Penn is a bit frustrating because it seems like most people agree with us. ... I'll talk about the various reasons we shouldn't go to war, and they'll be, like, `Yeah, I'm totally with you.' But they're not, because they're not involved. They're so used to feeling helpless that it doesn't occur to them to be outraged.

October 21: Dan's dream comes true. Campus activism becomes a joy again because most people don't agree with him. He talks about the various reasons we shouldn't go to war, and they're like, "You're delusional" (comment #26 of 29). They're not with him, and yet they are involved. They're so outraged by his callow reasoning that they give him a Sontag Award and fisk him royally in the comments under his article.