Panties for Peace!
Apparently "Myanmar's" General Than Shwe believes that contact with women's panties saps him of power, so women around the world are mailing their knickers to Burma to protest the oppressive regime's militant crackdown on citizens.
When diplomacy fails, it’s time to break out radical activist weapons! Deploy those panties!
This is too, too good! Girls, take those panties off -- everything from pink cotton Hello Kitty's to Victoria's Secret black lacy thongs -- package them up and ship them to Gen. Than Shwe! It's for Freedom!
Even the Bush administration believes in the power of women's panties ... remember all those pictures of Abu Ghraib prisoners wearing women's panties on their heads?
So this protest from Southeast Asian women is ingenious.
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Women in several countries have begun sending their panties to Myanmar embassies in a culturally insulting gesture of protest against the recent brutal crackdown there, a campaign supporter said Friday.
"It's an extremely strong message in Burmese and in all Southeast Asian culture," said Liz Hilton, who supports an activist group that launched the "Panties for Peace" drive earlier this week.
The group, Lanna Action for Burma, says the country's superstitious generals, especially junta leader Gen. Than Shwe, also believe that contact with women's underwear saps them of power.[..]"
"This is your chance to use your Panty Power to take away the power from the SPDC. You can post, deliver or fling your panties at the closest Burmese Embassy any day from today. Send early, send often."
Seriously, "Panties for Peace" won’t stop a single killing or release a single protestor out of Burma’s dank prisons ... BUT, it will draw more attention to a situation that hasn’t had as much media coverage as the travails of Britney Spears.
So at least it’s something ... if it does nothing more than draw some much-needed attention to the barbarism of the junta, then it’s done a lot more than the UN’s diplomatic efforts.
