Wear Thongs to Protest Bush. Here is how…

Posted byYan Sham-ShackletonPosted inSocio-Politico Rants

Socio Political Rants.

Statement from the Protesters: Ironic, of course, that we’re facing disorderly conduct charges for replicating exactly, down to the positioning of every appendage, an act, if not an entire policy, implemented by our own military, with George W. Bush as the commander in chief.

Anti-Bush Thong Protest Charges Dropped
By MARK SCOLFORO, Associated Press Writer

Small_six_1HARRISBURG, Pa. – Prosecutors dropped the charges Friday against six men arrested for protesting the Abu Ghraib prison-abuse scandal by stripping down to their thong underwear and forming a human pyramid during a visit by President Bush

Lancaster County District Attorney Donald R. Totaro said prosecutors would not have been able to prove the defendants’ actions served “no legitimate purpose” — a requirement under the state’s disorderly conduct law.

“The mere presence of unwilling viewers does not determine whether unwelcome views are prohibited from public forums,” he said.

He said that pressing charges “would only serve to advance the agenda of six protesters through a very public forum.”

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Watch the Smoke Town Six in Action!!!

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Yan Sham-Shackleton is a Hong Kong writer who lives in Los Angeles. This is her old blog Glutter written mostly in Hong Kong from 2003 to 2007. Although it was a personal blog, Yan focused a lot on free speech issues and democratic movement in Hong Kong. She moved to the US in 2007.

One thought on “Wear Thongs to Protest Bush. Here is how…”

  1. I’d wear a thong to protest Bush, but I strongly suspect the county prosecutors would bypass the disorderly conduct statute and go straight to indecent exposure.
    Brilliant protest, though.

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