I think publicity stunts meant to use the people around as props and that aren't staged in an area that is actually the cause/has some control of the problem, instead of just standing in for another location, are generally obnoxious. But maybe that's just me and being really annoyed at (pick one), the anti-abortion protesters at my old university, various other protesters at my old uni, outside people choosing university as a great place to publicity troll and who gives a fuck about the students, and the protesters who like to protest in front of a local church that also happens to be a major intersection and bus stop. Of course there's a time and place for protest, but if you're protesting city hall? Do it at city hall, ffs.