When did political campaigns become so vain? The latest instance involves a bunch of clowns from Spain (they’re literally clowns, I mean) protesting against the Israeli security barrier by standing in front of the wall, naked.
A statement on their Facebook page said:
‘When you stand before this shameful fence, all of humanity is naked. The decision to be photographed as naked clowns was meant to remind us that all of humanity has lost its respect by allowing such barriers to exist.’
The Palestinians, unsurprisingly, called this ‘disgusting’. Personally I find it hilarious; the funniest thing involving white people abroad since Andrew Hawkins’s African apology tour.
But does any cause these days not involve people parading half-naked in front of a camera? Earlier this year protesters stripped off in protest at that Protein World advert. There have also been a whole host of ‘Slutwalk’ events which involved people wearing very little. This
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