Funny way of protesting…
and based on the site’s gallery it’s catching on. Click on the picture to visit SorryEverybody.com.
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March 29th, 2007
Truisms ~ The four primary stages of life
1. You believe in Santa Claus.
2. You don’t believe in Santa Claus.
3. You are Santa Claus.
4. You look like Santa Claus.
Clown Protesters
No, this isn’t about protesting clowns, although that idea does have a little merit.
There seems to be a growing phenomenon of people protesting as clowns. I found a site for the Clown Army and one with pics of Clown Anarchy. And while I looked for it, I couldn’t find, a group called Clownarchy that I heard about from U. Utah Phillips.
The Clown Army, from their site seems to commonly protest Military Recruitment, I think. I think I got distracted by all the pictures of clowns in bad make-up acting silly. There is truly nothing creepier than a poorly made-up clown. Unless the clown has tentacles, that would be worse. But in the course of surfing the Clown Army page I encountered no tentacles, but I did finally notice that they seem to be from the UK. Clown protester doesn’t really fit with my general opinion of the British. Maybe they’re Welsh. Or, perhaps, Scottish. Yeah, I can definitely see the Scots dressing odd and giving people a hard time.
If you look at the top of the photo page for Clown Anarchy you can see it says, “The Magazine for Witchcraft and Magical Activism.” That just screams “clown” to me. Yeah. That’s as far as I’m going to go with that one.
Of course, the most famous of clown protesters is Patch Adams. I have a bit more respect for Adams as a clown protester than I do these other folks. First off, Adams is a Doctor, and that takes some dedication and smarts. And secondly, he’s a real clown. It takes a little more than a stick of greasepaint to be a clown. And last, he has melded his vision of medicine with his vision of clowning. All of the stuff he does may appear random, but if you’ve read either of his books you can see there is a definite method to his madness. I’m truly amazed by his Russian trips can you imagine the Soviets being descended upon by 30+ clowns bearing medical supplies? Too awesome.
I think the clown protester thing has something to do with people in flashy clothes doing stupid things tends to attract attention. And when you have a point you want to make, then you need attention. I just wish these people would learn how to juggle.
Tune in tomorrow for more work in the streets. Or something like that, anyway.
