Topless protest (someone changed my title, link NSFW Options

[chook]

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http://en.sevenload.com/videos/DJQuQEH/Top...-campaign-party

[FORSAKENR320]

impala, dogmeat, what zach is trying to say is that protesting done right and effectively is a very good means to show the higher powers they need to rethink something.


zach, what i think impala and dogmeat are trying to say is that protesting done like it is normally done, with a bunch of dumbasses who know nothing about the basis of the protest in question showing up to make a scene and play hacky-sack is by and large completely ineffective



like communism, protesting looks really good on paper. put into practice, it's usually only half-assed, at best

[impala454]

impala, dogmeat, what zach is trying to say is that protesting done right and effectively is a very good means to show the higher powers they need to rethink something.
zach, what i think impala and dogmeat are trying to say is that protesting done like it is normally done, with a bunch of dumbasses who know nothing about the basis of the protest in question showing up to make a scene and play hacky-sack is by and large completely ineffective
like communism, protesting looks really good on paper. put into practice, it's usually only half-assed, at best

thanks man I think you pretty much wrapped that up.

What is the alternative method(s) of political action that you would both suggest?

IMHO protesting is less effective than writing in or calling your representatives. The problem is, people want instant personal gratification. They want to be in the limelight so they can say it was specifically them who made the difference. That just doesn't happen in our system of government. Twenty people protesting outside a senator's office isn't going to change his decision about some legislation. If you look at the two successful protesting examples in this thread, they involved millions of people over a pretty good span of time. But IMHO what made those successful isn't the fact that they protested, but the fact that they had very large numbers.