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petermarcusFrom 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.
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Date: 2003-09-08 02:18 pm (UTC)The last protest I can recall was last St. Patrick's Day when women marched bare-breasted down 5th Avenue to protest American involvement in Iraq. Not sure what the connection was between naked breasts and Iraq, but the women certainly felt a point needed to be made.
Whether or not I participated is a tale better told over alcohol... Like green beer.
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Date: 2003-09-09 06:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-09 06:47 am (UTC)