The Word of mAn[S]o0r

While stating a protest, one should try to raise the shock factor in order to get people to notice them. Some block traffic (like in karachi), other bomb buildings (like other places :S) and yet... some stage 'peaceful' protests by taking off their clothes. This time the protest is against cars. Europeans do have this thing about being in the nude.. i guess the clothes they're getting are not good enough or something. The reason for this post is this news item i read off yahoo! news this morning.

Nude cyclists peel off around Spanish cities
MADRID (Reuters) - Hundreds of nude cyclists pedaled around Spanish cities on Saturday to protest against car-clogged streets and demand greater respect for pollution-free transport.

With slogans like "one car less" and "bio methanol" painted on their backs, the naked cyclists staged Spain's third annual Ciclonudista or "Nudecycle" in Madrid, Barcelona and Pamplona.

The protest was part of world-wide naked bike riding events on Saturday across Europe, North America and South America.

I wonder what will be the 'shock factor' when a bunch of ladies dressed in burkhas stage a protest somewhere in europe? Will they actually be heard? or be arrested for terrorism? Damn, it has indeed become a strage world, this one!

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And so said mAn[S]o0r on Monday, June 12, 2006 at 10:02 AM | Permalink | |