Malaya reports, but does not claim as true, still another claim that the crowd reached 100,000.My personal view is that the crowd, during the Mass, numbered about 40,000 based on my circling around…. The El Shaddai contingent was closest to the railing in the lawn area, civil society groups were behind them sprawled on the grass, and isolated families that didn’t belong to any groups hung around the sides.Now 40,000 is a highly respectable number for any kind of gathering; and even the lowest estimate equals the first flexing of renewed People Power in December 2000…. But despite the imminent threat dissipating, and the threats from the Palace sinking in (I encountered quite a few people, when I talked to various people who attended, who said they came despite warnings from friends and family about their safety).You would think that by now, estimating crowds would have reached some level of scientific certainty, never mind what organizers or participants claim.The problem to my mind, is that a crowd is dynamic, it’s constantly changing; and that your estimate of the crowd depends not only on your method for counting people, but what time you do the counting.The President issues a national appeal for moral transformation.Jarius Bondoc is skeptical about calls for electoral reform, and mentions the Davide report, which is interesting.