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More humour less violence
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Wednesday May 05, 2004 17:49 by bonz
Using humour to get media coverage A lot of people can be put off by the violence that can erupt at some of these demonstrations. In contrast the front of the Irish Times on Tuesday shows a woman on at the RTS event dancing with an ice cream in one hand and 2 gardai laughing - more of this type of thing I say!! I think the humourous side of these events could be enhanced. Street theatre or performance etc is great and I know it has been done before |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7Are you genuinely interested in helping RTS? Email them, sign up to the list, get involved with doing posters etc. They could do with more people who are interested in this sort of thing (many of the ex RTS heads are now involved in more political activities).
Yes humour works but its hard to crack a joke to a pig when he's cracking your head open with a baton.
i'd like to see the black block with matching black umbrellas perhaps, lots more musicians and maybe another samba band too. more carnivalesque masks too please.
however, the guy with the beard and the big cooking pot who caught water and threw it back at the garda was fantastic
I agree and think that humor is a good way to protest, and in most of the cases much more productive.
By the way the person who had the snorkle and arm bands and was swimming in front of the water cannons, was battoned three times just for that reason.
what are you on about?
What are you not on about - seems like you are writing whatever comes into your head
get your own thread!
Did any Wombles actually show up on Saturday?
Below is a link to an interesting Document - which should be a template for all future actions
http://216.122.222.203/pugwash/duncombe_2004_1.asp
'Water Cannon Chic'
Photo cApCTION 4
Crappy photo + crappy layout to the article
but god love 'em, a bit of the punch-light-line shines through.