Stupid protest idea no. 4,365: the gimmick demonstration
And once again a group launches on an ambitious project that will eventually lead to another round of debate among those on The Left on the topic of “why doesn’t anyone take us seriously?Don’t get me wrong, let’s take on the junta, but let’s do it in some way that may actually stand some chance in improving the lot for the people living with it.
Let’s see, we’ve got decades of torturous rule by the most repressive regimes on the planet, systemic use of rape, torture, slave labor, murder, ethnic cleansing, corruption, etc., on a near daily routine, a natural disaster that’s wiped out hundreds of thousands of people, continued starvation and suffering because some paranoid power-mad generals won’t allow aid in…. Shall we continue? And all you can think to do is throw your dirty laundry at an embassy wonk in Toronto under the idea that he may believe “contact with women’s underwear will sap [him] of [his] power“. Boy. The junta will surely fall after this one.
You people suck. You make Aung San Suu Kyi cry. Save the postage it will cost to send your dirty undies and use it to fund people who are doing something. Support the folks who aren’t waiting for some illegal gang of thugs who call themselves leaders to allow aid. The best way to overthrow a government is to render it irrelevant. — Link to Avaaz’ Burma campaign
No one has a right to not be offended.
