A Protest For Peace In The Buff

[EROS]

Hound, you're certainly entitled to your opinions. You perceive these women to be "silly". I DON'T. They're trying to make a statement about an issue of importance to them in their own, non-violent way. BRAVO!!!!!!

"MAKING THEIR BODIES FIGURES OF SPEECH –

West Marin women are serious enough about PEACE to spell it out. Wearing nothing but afternoon rain, 50 determined women lay down on Love Field near the Green Bridge Tuesday afternoon to literally embody PEACE and "show solidarity with the people of Iraq," said the organizers. "Women from all ages and walks of life took off their clothes, not because they are exhibitionists but because they felt it was imperative to do so," the organizers added. "They wanted to unveil the truth about the horrors of war, to commune in their nudity with the vulnerability of Iraqi innocents, and to shock a seemingly indifferent Bush Administration into paying attention." The coordinators, who came up with the idea only a day earlier, said that the coming together of this group on short notice was a testament to the seriousness with which the women view the threat of war with Iraq. "Remembering that tens of thousands of civilians have already died in Iraq as a result of US bombing and sanctions, these women are not convinced by Bush Administration fear mongering that one more person should die," organizers said. They hope the president and news media take notice".....

 

[WDWHound]

Eros: Thanks for the response (although I'm afraid you didn't win the bonus points ). I guess you and I will have too disagree on whether this will have any real impact regarding the issue at hand, which is peace. Even though I disagree with them here, I hope that the gimmicky nature of what they did does not overshadow the message they are trying to send. Sadly, I think it will.

 

[Saffron]

Originally posted by WDWHound
I guess this sums up why I don't like it. I am in favor of the Bush administrations actions, but I hate to see people who disagree with me stating they can have no impact. In my opinion, publicity stunts like this help this attitude along by providing the illusion of action with out actually taking action. If all people do is to engage in meaningless gestures, nothing will ever be changed. All that will happen is that the opposing side will take them less seriously.

Sorry WDW, I didn't mean to imply that those woman will change nothing. What I meant was that their protest won't stop the adminstration from taking whatever action they're going to take, those decisions were made long before those 50 women protested yesterday (or was it this morning?). Like I said in my other post, their actions teach future generations to stand up for what they believe in. Those 50 women will have an impact on anyone that views the picture and reads the article. People will either like what they did or dislike what they did. They may encourage people to take further action, they may encourage people to think about the impending war and vote differently next election. They've all ready raised money for the anti-war movement. Those 50 women may have an impact on others in many different ways, just not the adminstrations decisions to go to war. And, if by some miracle we don't go to war with Iraq, and President Bush says it's because of those 50 women, I'll be the first to stand in line, naked, to shake each of their hands.

 

[alabamaalan]

Of course if you walked by and read what they were spelling or even commented on the picture by saying,

"nice, peace"

They would probably be insulted.

 

[Lanshark]

Is that peace or piece