Mao disapproves of the Monkey Greets Cat Under the Cherry Blossom Tree position

I've been seeing a great many Falun Gong demonstrators in New York. Seeing six to eight elderly Chinese people sitting yoga-style in their socks on a street corner in Soho does generate enough notice that I will tend to take whatever literature they're handing out, and consequently, I feel relatively persuaded that Falun Gong is a harmless, tai-chi like practice with innocuous spiritual beliefs like "moderation in all things," and that the Chinese government shouldn't capture and torture its practitioners.

That being said, what, exactly, do the Falun Gong demonstrators want Manhattanites to do about this? I don't go standing on the streets in Shanghai telling people about the P*TRIOT Act.

Also, the other day in Grand Central I saw a woman who appeared to be a (Chinese) hunchbacked dwarf handing out Falun Gong literature. While one could admire the dedication of anyone who volunteers their time for a cause, I think this was just sending mixed marketing messages.