Whilst surfing the net a few weeks ago - I stumbled across a story about an American guy going on hunger strike for 31 days.
Hunger strike, as you all know , is a pretty serious protest at the best of times - which as you all know , only normally occurs against highly oppressive regimes .
This particular act of defiance , has been carried out in the past by - Tibetan Freedom Fighters , Mahatma Ghandi , various members of the Suffragette movement , Turkish political prisoners , Detainees in Guantanamo Bay , and yes I will mention the I.R.A hunger strikers of the 1980’s against our U.K. Government in this piece , just to be fair and balanced about it all :)
I was of course - highly intrigued as to why he was doing it –
Now - was there a possibility of him being illegally held in jail without trial ? , or maybe - had his civil liberties and freedom of speech - removed ?, or heaven
forbid – was he being tortured by a foreign power in a hell hole of a prison ? .
No - and as it turns out this protest was against the current , and legally elected
“Socialist Government “ in America., who amongst other things were proposing……
..summary execution for those daring to criticise them...
……oh no hang on ….that was The Republicans …..wasn’t it …….:)
No – seriously , and as far as I could gather, it was amongst all the other hard line “Commie” things that they had in mind – like using taxes to help vulnerable parts of society with for example – health care , instead of financing the next “legitimate”
war. against those…………………
…………....Red’s…….no….. no …..sorry …….Terrorists under the bed ……….:)
I n all honesty - I do think this guy’s actions are silly in the extreme - considering the real circumstances of this situation , and just wonder what his reaction would be to a serious set of circumstances …..suicide bombing ……..???
Extremists don’t you just love them :)
