Was I a little harsh in my assessment yesterday morning that the IMF/World Bank protesters had gone soft? Nah. The AP reports that eight people were arrested early Saturday morning in an incident at the Washington Circle Hotel in West End. One of the protesters was charged with felony assault of a police officer after cops were called at around 1 a.m. to quell the group, which had entered the hotel and began chanting anti-World Bank slogans. But other than that minor skirmish, this year’s vintage of the World Bank protests appeared to be as placid as a possibly pregnant panda.