The most effective way to protest is to be naked!

Hi everyone. I was thinking about what to write on the blog, but nothing came out of my head - really I have to confess that - so I thought it would be a good idea to write something about the news.

Well, to make it short like they do on TV, during a web search I saw something that caught my attention. On the same day, there were three protests around the world about different issues, but they had something in common: THE PROTESTERS WERE NAKED.

Have you ever noticed that it doesn't matter how important or laudable the motive of the protest is: for some people, the only way to get attention is to do it naked? These people and their requests had been ignored by the people they supposed should take care of it, so the protesters decided to get naked. At least the media would take notice, and other people would pay attention to the issue.

On the one hand we have a Brazilian young woman protesting against Bush by exhibiting her painted chest in Sao Paulo; on the other, a group of naked cyclists in the exclusive district of Miraflores in Lima protesting against car drivers, and requesting that the authorities give severe sanctions to those who run over cyclists.

I wondered why people have to show something that all of us have - and know about - in order to make people take notice of a relevant issue. I don't know if it works or not, but it's certainly a way, often an amusing one for the observer, to obtain the desired attention.

Hi everyone. I was thinking about what to write on the blog, but nothing came out of my head - really I have to confess that - so I thought it would be a good idea to write something about the news.

Well, to make it short like they do on TV, during a web search I saw something that caught my attention. On the same day, there were three protests around the world about different issues, but they had something in common: THE PROTESTERS WERE NAKED.

Have you ever noticed that it doesn't matter how important or laudable the motive of the protest is: for some people, the only way to get attention is to do it naked? These people and their requests had been ignored by the people they supposed should take care of it, so the protesters decided to get naked. At least the media would take notice, and other people would pay attention to the issue.

On the one hand we have a Brazilian young woman protesting against Bush by exhibiting her painted chest in Sao Paulo; on the other, a group of naked cyclists in the exclusive district of Miraflores in Lima protesting against car drivers, and requesting that the authorities give severe sanctions to those who run over cyclists.

I wondered why people have to show something that all of us have - and know about - in order to make people take notice of a relevant issue. I don't know if it works or not, but it's certainly a way, often an amusing one for the observer, to obtain the desired attention.

Comments

[Angela]

Dear Gaby,

I am very pleased that you could not think what to write about for your blog, because this entry is very interesting! It is so true that often the only way to get media coverage is to shock or do something out of the ordinary, and also, often it is only because an important issue gets media coverage that politicians sit up and take notice of it. I don't think it is right that the importance of a protest is indirectly decided by the media, but that is the way things are. I have so much respect for everyone around the world who protest against things that they believe are wrong – especially if they do it naked!

Take care, Angela

[Gaby]

Dear Angela, I really appreciate your words and I agree with you about the relevance of the media on certain issues. Dont you sometimes feel like you shouldn't believe anything you read or watch on the news? Or at least, don't you doubt everything in the news?

[alessio]

hi gaby, I'm alessio from Italy (perugia)! do you remember me? I was in fort lauderdal in octuber 2006. we was togheter in the joseph's classes with your husband. I dont know how I arrived in this blog, anyway I reed about your graduation and I'm very happy for you. send me yours contacts please.
ciao. 'ta luego!

...es verdad... algo se muere en el alma cuando un amigo se va... y va dejando una uela que no se puede borrar...