Why not?

And who says it is a contest? I would say it is a voice of the
majority.


You called the demonstrations angry. How so?

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Majority isn't measured by the number of people willing to march in the
street.

Everyone who is keeping score and comparing the number of pro-Syrian
vs. anti-Syrian demonstrators has created a contest.

People who gather into huge groups, paint signs, and disrupt the normal
flow of traffic and commerce in a city are normally either 1)
Celebrating, (as in a 4th of July Parade) or 2) Protesting. Anger,
rather than joy, is the more common motivation beneath a protest. When
the signs they carry express demands, "US Get Out!" "Syria Get Out!"
or "Down with Homosexuals", etc, there is a measurable anger at work.
Both sides in the Lebanese situation.

The protests often help polarize a society, requiring people to "choose
sides". It's those same sides that may be shooting at one another 4-5
months from now.