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Hmmm... I remember that after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, it seemed that at least once a month, there was a news story about a bunch of middle-class white people in LA or San Francisco or Seattle or NYC, who would take off all their clothes and arrange themselves into the shape of a giant, pale-pink peace symbol, in protest of Bush's Illegal War:
Congratulations on your brilliant strategy, hippies -- теперь у вас хрены и сиски загорелые, а война всё-таки продолжается. (Now your dicks and nipples are sunburned, but the war continues anyway.)
So, in general, I think it's rather stupid to have naked protests against war or homophobia or destruction of the rainforests, etc. -- it creates the impression of spoiled adult "children" who simply want attention.
HOWEVER, I can actually see some logic if these women are going topless to protest сексуальные домогательства ("sexual harassment") or prostitution, for example, because the paradoxical irony may actually leave an impression on people. ("I'm taking off my shirt and showing you my tits in order to remind you that a woman isn't simply a pair of breasts for you to look at and buy.")
On the other hand, I don't see the logic of going topless to show solidarity with political prisoners!
In other words, the symbolism of nudity should be used carefully and sparingly, or else it just seems silly and self-promoting.
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Originally Posted by Throbert McGee 
