Guest blogger in the backyard: Jarrod McKenna
“What does APEC stand for?” asked one agitated protestor to the scantily-clad young women.
Neither could give her an answer.
“I think that was actually the most ridiculous thing I have seen in my life,” said a 14-year-old protestor, who was attending the rally with her mother.
“Trying to sell sex when we’re trying to get a point across,” the disappointed young girl said.
The Zoo girls arrived first, with five models in bikini tops and tiny shorts drawing the majority of the cameras away from the protest itself — much to the organisers’ dismay.
here’s the full article
Alas – that’s the nature of the “event” these days. Everyone and everything attaches itself to the flotilla because the corporate culture commodifies everything. Although to be fair the success of recent protest movements has been driven in no small part by their ability to tap into hypermodernity and its attention-grabbing devices. There would be more than a few sincere protesters themselves who do not know what APEC stands for either. Perhaps sometimes the chickens come home to roost!
If Zoo girls show up at your rally, are you sure your cause is counter-cultural?
“my” rally Lance? What do you mean? The goal for us as followers of the Risen Jesus is not to be “counter cultural” it’s to be faithful. But that will often make us “counter cultural”.
Have you emerging churchies tried this approach to outreach? I know a few blokes at my rugby club who would come to this kind of church meeting ????
Gav
Let me correct myself…If Zoo girls show up at a rally, is the cause truly counter-cultural? Sorry.