Protesting is a way for people to feel like their voices are being heard and they are having an impact on the issue being protested. When a group of people band together to support change in a certain issue others have to take notice. When protesting it is best to be peaceful and nonviolent because otherwise it is just a riot. Groups use protests to get their points across and make sure they do not go unnoticed. When a large amount of people form together with a shared belief and want for change it usually comes to a compromise or they win. I don't think there is any other way that the AIDS victims could have gotten their points across and I think doing what they did was the exact way it should have been handled. They tried meeting with people higher up and tried getting the issue out there in other ways but when nothing else worked, protesting did.