Star Hollywood actor-activists including Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon and anti-war campaigners led by bereaved mother Cindy Sheehan plan to launch a hunger strike, demanding the immediate return of US troops from Iraq.
When I saw this, I thought, "How in the world are these indulged children going to fast past 11 in the morning? They'll be done quicker than Saddam, who broke his hunger strike after one meal." Then I saw this:
The hunger strike will see at least four activists, Sheehan, veteran comedian and peace campaigner Dick Gregory, former army colonel Ann Wright and environmental campaigner Diane Wilson launch serious, long-term fasts. . .
Other supporters, including Penn, Sarandon, novelist Alice Walker and actor Danny Glover will join a 'rolling" fast, a relay in which 2,700 activists pledge to refuse food for at least 24 hours, and then hand over to a comrade.
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Ah, a rolling fast. I'd never heard of that one. Maybe they should try a "rolling immolation," imitating those Buddhist monks who set themselves on fire to protest the Vietnam War (nasty link). I'm not a big fan of the war, mind you, but it'd be a shame to miss this chance to lose some secularist ideological baggage.
