Our buddies at FEMEN may not be aware of the irony in invading Davos like this: Three women angry over sexism and male domination of the world economy ripped off their shirts and tried to force their way into a gathering of corporate elites in a Swiss resort.
Blogging from the brig. . .
The prescient Ayn Rand. Even then. –
“Denouncing masculine oppression, Women’s Lib screams protests against the policy of regarding women as “sex objects”— through speakers who, too obviously, are in no such danger.”
Stupid is as stupid does…so saith the prophet Forrest!!!
Struan: Haha, she was quite prescient, Ayn. . .
CP: Another great thinker there!
There are ways of highlighting a cause that you believe in; shock tactics rarely work any more as the WWW has reduced the level that once caused offence. The same group should try using the WWW to create and highlight their cause using Respect & Dignity as their by words.
This morning’s newspaper has fish & chips in them tomorrow.
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Yours Aye.
In light of this, it’s always interesting to note how far into obscurity leftists (and they all are) continue to make themselves when they demonstrate their own frustrations on the world…women in most societies stand up when they perceive their rights as human beings are being infringed…and rarely do they do it in the less free authoritarian cultures we see in the Middle East for instance…and the same can be said of any socialist/communist styled culture elsewhere…citizens of these countries have little time for anything other than survival….k
EB: FIsh and Chips? Where?
Kris: Very true. Survival trumps silliness. . .