Ethics

How Not to Protest

By Ed Brayton

Here's a ridiculous story. Code Pink, the group that has gotten so much attention for protesting against the war at the Marine recruiting office in Berkeley, has a special protest planned for this weekend:

The women's anti-war group has told ralliers to come equipped with spells and pointy hats Friday for "witches, crones and sirens" day, the last of the group's weeklong homage to Mother's Day.

"Women are coming to cast spells and do rituals and to impart wisdom to figure out how we're going to end war," Zanne Sam Joi of Bay Area Code Pink told FOXNews.com.

Yeah, that'll work. Maybe next week you can have a "throw salt over your shoulder" protest, or sacrifice a goat to a Roman goddess.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on May 11, 2008 (boomark / email).