http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1083010,00.html The politics of protest: “So long as the protesters look like the usual suspects—multiply pierced, Genoa-style activists in torn clothes and mohican haircuts—then, I’m told, the White House will not worry. They will be able to say Bush enjoys the global support of all but a few anarchist weirdos. If the demonstrators look like the UK equivalent of America’s ‘soccer moms’, regular people of all ages, including plenty of women—tricky to bring out on a weekday—then Washington may have to rethink.”
(Guy-Pride Parade Sets Mainstream Acceptance Of Gays Back 50 Years (The Onion): “‘I’d always thought gays were regular people, just like you and me, and that the stereotype of homosexuals as hedonistic, sex-crazed deviants was just a destructive myth,’ said mother of four Hannah Jarrett, 41, mortified at the sight of 17 tanned and oiled boys cavorting in jock straps to a throbbing techno beat on a float shaped like an enormous phallus. ‘Boy, oh, boy, was I wrong.’”) 12:35
