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Sep. 8th, 2003 03:26 pmFrom this story about the Seattle Coffee Tax:
Calling the protest their version of the Boston Tea Party, demonstrators marched to Green Lake, where they dumped burlap bags into the water.
They looked like coffee bags, but were filled with balloons to keep them from sinking so they could be retrieved after the protest, said Susan Majerus, who helped organize the demonstration.
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The founding fathers (not to mention a few dead civil rights leaders) are rolling in their graves. Could you imagine if Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty had thrown boxes of inflated sheep bladders with "TEA" written on the sides into Boston Harbor, then retrieved them after the protest? "Take that, King George! You have become a victim of a protest act symbolizing the depth of how out of touch you are with the true feelings of your subjects."
If you're going to protest, then protest.
Calling the protest their version of the Boston Tea Party, demonstrators marched to Green Lake, where they dumped burlap bags into the water.
They looked like coffee bags, but were filled with balloons to keep them from sinking so they could be retrieved after the protest, said Susan Majerus, who helped organize the demonstration.
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The founding fathers (not to mention a few dead civil rights leaders) are rolling in their graves. Could you imagine if Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty had thrown boxes of inflated sheep bladders with "TEA" written on the sides into Boston Harbor, then retrieved them after the protest? "Take that, King George! You have become a victim of a protest act symbolizing the depth of how out of touch you are with the true feelings of your subjects."
If you're going to protest, then protest.
