So that was a really costly, long term battle.
The authorities are fond of the term "battle".
Invisible Adversaries at Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art is full of art works considering the relations between the sexes, based on the idea that gender inequality is a long term battle.
It is where blue state Americans, who back Barack Obama to win a second term, battle over turf with red state Americans who desperately want Republican challenger Mitt Romney to bring the right back to power.
The term "battle" is entirely appropriate.
Unfortunately Rockotitlán turned into a "pay to play" venue that quickly disappeared, and the term "Battle of the Bands" brings back bad memories from the ones I witnessed back home, where prizes were seldom delivered.
My thoughts wandered to an internal struggle -- one that Buzz has previously described in his book, 'Magnificent Desolation.' He said it was 'more challenging than getting to the moon and back' - his reference to a long term battle with depression.
And while activists couldn't count on winning short-term battles, simply engaging with corporations created change.
Blending Approaches Decoupling short-term challenges from long-term battles over debt and deficits won't be easy.
But the peer-to-peer economy is coming, no matter how the short-term battles turn out.
"We might win some short-term battles but we will create more grievances that will empower the Isis cause in the long run," said Dr Ahmed.
