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Old 06-18-2001, 02:41 PM   #3
Griff
still says videotape
 
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protest advantage

IMHO the protestor gets a couple of advantages. The cops can see he is unarmed, so they are less likely to split his skull and it would look much worse on the tube if they did. He can also count on a much wider audience. After that, there is the symbolic power of being naked before the coercive power of the State. In all I think its effective but being of Irish extraction...
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