Two effective nude protests

Getting naked for a worthy cause is all the rage these days. Or is it the other way around — a worthy cause is a convenient excuse to get naked?

Frankly, I think it's a bit of both. To participate in the World Naked Bike Ride, you've got to yield to your inner exhibitionist. If you don't have an inner exhibitionist, you won't be among the participants.

On the weekend of June 11-12, 2005, according to treehugger.com, naked cyclists took to the streets in more than 50 cities worldwide. The purpose was to register a protest against Western dependence on oil.

(image originally uploaded by justinphilpott).

Note that no one in the UK was arrested or registered as a sex offender: "Although indecent exposure is a criminal offence in the UK, the Metropolitan Police viewed the ride as a political protest, and no arrests were made." Good for the Bobbies, I say!

I think this protest works better than the "Breasts Not Bombs" events (see my previous post).

It's the bicycles that make the difference. Getting naked in public has nothing to do with decreasing Western dependence on oil. But riding a bike does!

These protesters didn't stand around holding banners and chanting, "Stop indecent exposure to automobile emissions!" They hopped onto their bicycles, thus encouraging people to consider alternative means of transportation.

In my opinion, that's the missing element in the "Breasts Not Bombs" events. They need to devise a "bicycle" — a symbol they can use to divert attention away from the nudity toward the cause they espouse.

The World Naked Bike Ride advocates using an alternative means of transportation. What exactly does "Breasts Not Bombs" ask people to do? Does it have something to do with breasts?

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I must admit that I enjoyed researching this subject. Some time when you're bored, I encourage you to google "topless protests" and see what turns up.

You have to know that PETA — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals — is going to come up repeatedly.

PETA is known for the memorable slogan, "I'd rather go naked than wear fur." This is the same issue, once again — trying to segue from the medium (nudity) to the message (end cruelty to animals).

PETA is also known for their outrageous stunts. No surprise, then, that they came up with the funniest of the protests in my google search.

The cause:  "the persistent and invidious male failure to lick pussy." "Animals get eaten more than we do," is their complaint. (Click on the photo for the story.)

I think this is a successful protest:

• Nudity makes sense in this context;
• So does tiger makeup: tiger = pussy, see?
• And the cage? … well, that's a little harder to explain.

How about this?: going too long between orgasms can make you feel like a caged animal.

Awwww, the poor dear!