January 21, 2006
Marching
Charlene went marching today, on the Walk For Life. She had a great time, but was disappointed that the counter-protesters were a pretty puny bunch, so she doesn't have much exciting to report. No violence, only one giant puppet, and the twisted-demented-and-repulsive component was pretty mild by SF standards...
She thought the marchers numbered several thousands, and the anti's only a hundred or so....
She took pix that show more marchers, but I liked this one, with the Balclutha in the background, and the steam ferryboat Eureka next to it. [You're letting yourself wander off-topic --ed. Ooops.] Charlene regrets not getting a picture of the Gay/Lesbian Pro-Life group!
She said the anti's kept running ahead and posing themselves as a backdrop to the march, so they would look more impressive on TV.
Update: More links and details here. Apparently there were 15,000 people on the march!
Notice the same sign in different places...
You know, maybe some people should be in burqas...
AND, in the Giant Puppet category, the WINNER, and only entrant...
I want to know what that thing is on top of the puppet's head: a fetus? (not very life-like), an Islamic crescent moon? (wrong color: should be green), the Vietnamese flag? (right colors, wrong shape), a symbol for Vietnamese Muslims? (wrong march), or -- what it most looks like -- a nice tasty croissant?
Posted by: Dr. Weevil at January 21, 2006 06:54 PMIsn't the legend that croissants were invented during the Siege of Vienna, as a sort of white flag in case the Moslems were victorious? I'd guess that's too subtle for our lefty friends, though I'm sure they would be very skilled at surrendering.
Is it art? Is it wicca? Is it...lunacy?
Posted by: John Weidner at January 21, 2006 07:14 PMThat's hilarious that they had to keep running to be a backdrop to make it appear as if there were more of them. You'd think that in San Francisco you'd be able to scare up a lot more abortion fans.
Posted by: Christina at January 22, 2006 08:10 AMBravo. Keep'em running.
Posted by: Mrs. Peperium at January 22, 2006 11:53 AMJohn,
I think it's the other way around on the croissants-- by eating them, one symbolically ate the Muslim invaders.
So they were symbols of defiance, rather than submission.
Our ancestors were more sly than we give them credit for.
Posted by: Hale Adams at January 22, 2006 06:09 PMThe Vienna croissant story may well be another urban legend...it's discussed in this wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croissant
Notice the stolen grocery cart "driven" by the puppet maker, no doubt. The only thing that would make the irony better is if it was from WalMart.
http://saintknowitall.blogspot.com/2006/01/stolen-grocery-carts-of-left.html
Posted by: saintknowitall at January 27, 2006 02:14 PMIf WalMart were coming to SF, you'd really see some marches and puppets. This town only recently allowed Home Depot, after it spent 10 years trying...
Posted by: John Weidner at January 27, 2006 04:15 PM
