We cum in peace
Renee Nadeau | 23.12.2006 13:09 | Anti-militarism | Ecology | Social Struggles | World
I was going to write a piece about yesterdays synchronized global orgasm for peace but see little point wasting my time writing original articles for Indymedia only to have the gatekeepers to open publishing remove them ( 
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/12/358704.html,
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/12/358696.html). Maybe when the IMC admin team get their act together I might post a proper write up but in the meantime here is a shameless collection cut and paste from various other reports on the event.
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/12/358704.html, http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/12/358696.html). Maybe when the IMC admin team get their act together I might post a proper write up but in the meantime here is a shameless collection cut and paste from various other reports on the event.
"Forget trying to bring about peace on earth this holiday season with traditional actions like marches, sit-ins, letter writing campaigns and the like. A California peace-activist couple have a more novel and fun—or vaguely creepy, depending on your perspective—form of mass protest in mind."
"Two aging anti-war activists from California took the make-love-not-war mantra to new heights as they declared yesterday “Orgasm for Peace Day” with hopes that the whole world might feel the good vibrations."
"The love-in was the brainchild of Donna Sheehan, 76, and Paul Reffel, 55, both of California. The two love-hawks encouraged everyone to reach their peak, then flash an “OK” sign and wink. The two hoped the energy created by couples and singles would create a loving feeling all the world over."
"“The last time someone did this sort of thing was John Lennon and Yoko Ono in the 60s,” said Dr. David Weiss, a sex therapist with his doctorate in clinical psychology, referring to the rock duo’s historic “bed-ins” during 1969."
“Everyone knows that sex sells—we realized the power of sex and how pervasive that power is around the world,” said Sheehan. “But we’re separating orgasm from sex. Sex is very loaded, but orgasm is a biological function.”
“We’ve had some criticism from the ‘serious activists’ saying this is frivolous,” Reffell explained, “but really the whole point of the thing is to get people thinking about and talking about peace and global consciousness in a different way.”
“One woman wrote an email worrying about the environmental impact,” Sheehan added dryly. “You know, because everyone was going to be lighting a cigarette directly afterwards.”
"Two aging anti-war activists from California took the make-love-not-war mantra to new heights as they declared yesterday “Orgasm for Peace Day” with hopes that the whole world might feel the good vibrations."
"The love-in was the brainchild of Donna Sheehan, 76, and Paul Reffel, 55, both of California. The two love-hawks encouraged everyone to reach their peak, then flash an “OK” sign and wink. The two hoped the energy created by couples and singles would create a loving feeling all the world over."
"“The last time someone did this sort of thing was John Lennon and Yoko Ono in the 60s,” said Dr. David Weiss, a sex therapist with his doctorate in clinical psychology, referring to the rock duo’s historic “bed-ins” during 1969."
“Everyone knows that sex sells—we realized the power of sex and how pervasive that power is around the world,” said Sheehan. “But we’re separating orgasm from sex. Sex is very loaded, but orgasm is a biological function.”
“We’ve had some criticism from the ‘serious activists’ saying this is frivolous,” Reffell explained, “but really the whole point of the thing is to get people thinking about and talking about peace and global consciousness in a different way.”
“One woman wrote an email worrying about the environmental impact,” Sheehan added dryly. “You know, because everyone was going to be lighting a cigarette directly afterwards.”
Renee Nadeau
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