Yoko Ono's...protest.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-09-06 09:41pm

http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/st ... ory=440722

I don't get it. What kind of point is she trying to make?

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-09-06 09:42pm

Something about political tension.

How that relates, I have no idea.

Hamel · Post by **Hamel** » 2003-09-06 09:44pm

She's a tomatoe slice short of a BLT

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-09-06 09:51pm

She'd get bet results threating people with showing up naked than just getting naked.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-09-06 09:58pm

A 30 year old woman showing up naked is a rather different spectre than a 70 year old woman showing up naked.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-09-06 10:00pm

Darth Wong wrote:A 30 year old woman showing up naked is a rather different spectre than a 70 year old woman showing up naked.

And butt ugly one at that.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-09-06 10:00pm

She'd really finish things off if she's naked and sings.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-09-06 10:02pm

Tsyroc wrote:She'd really finish things off if she's naked and sings.

That would be the equivalent of a terrorist attack, or worse.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-09-06 10:02pm

Tsyroc wrote:She'd really finish things off if she's naked and sings.

And people used to wonder how you could get hundreds of people to drink poisoned Kool-Aid. I could foresee lineups for the stuff in this case.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-09-06 10:09pm

Darth Wong wrote:
Tsyroc wrote:She'd really finish things off if she's naked and sings.
And people used to wonder how you could get hundreds of people to drink poisoned Kool-Aid. I could foresee lineups for the stuff in this case.

That makes me think of the Simpson's episode where Lisa and Marge escape a doomed Earth on a rocket. Homer and Bart sneak onto another one that has all of Earth's mega-annoying people (Rosie O'Donald, Pauly Shore etc...). That rocket is being fired into the sun but Homer and Bart don't think death is fast enough so they eject themsevles into space.

Grand Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Grand Admiral Thrawn** » 2003-09-06 10:46pm

Darth Wong wrote:A 30 year old woman showing up naked is a rather different spectre than a 70 year old woman showing up naked.

The latter should be a felony.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-09-07 12:14am

Grand Admiral Thrawn wrote:

The latter should be a felony.

The law is far too slow for such a crisis, it should lead to her instant demotion in status from "human citizen" to "rabid wild dog" allowing local gun owners to rapidly deal with the issue.

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-09-07 12:55am

Sea Skimmer wrote:
Grand Admiral Thrawn wrote:

The latter should be a felony.
The law is far too slow for such a crisis, it should lead to her instant demotion in status from "human citizen" to "rabid wild dog" allowing local gun owners to rapidly deal with the issue.

It's England, there are no local gun owners. This is why you should be against gun control!!!

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-09-07 01:07am

Nathan F wrote:
Sea Skimmer wrote:
Grand Admiral Thrawn wrote:

The latter should be a felony.
The law is far too slow for such a crisis, it should lead to her instant demotion in status from "human citizen" to "rabid wild dog" allowing local gun owners to rapidly deal with the issue.
It's England, there are no local gun owners. This is why you should be against gun control!!!

Dub her officially a pest.

Bring on the Raid!

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-09-07 02:00am

Is this some sort of protest or an excuse to have people cut off the clothes of someone old enough to be my grandmother? Who would want to do that? Was admission to this free, but blindfolds cost $300 for maximum profit?

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-09-07 02:37am

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:Is this some sort of protest or an excuse to have people cut off the clothes of someone old enough to be my grandmother? Who would want to do that? Was admission to this free, but blindfolds cost $300 for maximum profit?

Actually, since the "protest" involves her sitting still while people cut the clothes off her, one must wonder if someone will abruptly plunge one of the scissors into a vital area and end the suffering.

Perinquus · Post by **Perinquus** » 2003-09-07 02:42am

Darth Wong wrote:
Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:Is this some sort of protest or an excuse to have people cut off the clothes of someone old enough to be my grandmother? Who would want to do that? Was admission to this free, but blindfolds cost $300 for maximum profit?
Actually, since the "protest" involves her sitting still while people cut the clothes off her, one must wonder if someone will abruptly plunge one of the scissors into a vital area and end the suffering.

I, for one, speaking as a sworn police officer no less would refuse to arrest the subject. This was a justifiable homicide if ever there was one.

Perinquus · Post by **Perinquus** » 2003-09-07 02:59am

Of course, on a more serious note, what, exactly, do people like her think they are accomplishing with such gestures as this? I just can't see any point in useless displays of this kind. It makes the doer of the deed feel good no doubt. I'm sure it's very flattering to their egos to be The Heroes Who Would Not Stay Silent (especially when they can play that part at so very little actual cost or risk). But what earthly good does it really do? I'm afraid results matter to me every bit as much, and perhaps more to me than intentions. After all, a lot of actual harm in the world is done by well-meaning people. The old cliche about what road is paved with good intentions is a good point, cliche though it may be.

Does this old biddy think that anyone with the power to affect policy honestly gives a rat's ass whether or not an old, washed up wife of a dead rock star disrobes in protest? I remember seeing a documentary about her and John Lennon taht I once saw, where they had a "Bed In" for peace. I think she and Lennon spent something like a week in bed as a gesture to protest the Vietnam War. Did they ever, even for a moment, honestly entertain the notion that Lyndon Johnson or Richard Nixon, whichever was president at the moment, would say: "Oh Shit! John and Yoko are refusing to get out of bed! Damn! I better recall that flight of B-52s"?

Honestly, I think a simple statement of one's opinions does every bit as much (or as little) good as these grandiose, but ultimately quite empty gestures. In fact, I would respect someone's clearly stated opinion (though perhaps not the reasoning behind it), but I honestly feel a kind of contempt for these showy displays and gestures, that don't really cost the person doing it anything. They're saying that this is something so very important to them, but their doing something really very trivial and superficial about it. I even respect people like draft dodgers and protestors more - at least they have the courage of their convictions to the extent that they are willing to actually put their asses on the line in some way and pay a price for their beliefs, however misguided they may sometimes be.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-09-07 05:46am

Maybe she's more out to get attention than accomplish any political goals?

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-09-07 10:50am

Why is she doing this? Simple answer.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-09-07 11:28am

3rd Impact wrote:Why is she doing this? Simple answer.

Yeah, but that woman is attractive.

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2003-09-07 01:16pm

Abstract art is abstract art, she's trying to say something but she's being too damn up her own ass to just say it, but then maybe it's better than celebrities trying to explain their political philosophy.