I had this idea last week, and it’s been rolling around in my head, so I thought I would voice it here.

After recent events, it seems as though we’re slowly entering a hitler-esque regime. Bush is only halfway through his term, and things are already pretty bad. We can have hope that this falls elections will end the Republican control in congress and bring sanity back to our nation, but I’m tired of waiting.

Too many people have stood by, hoping that things would get better, that someone else would stand up and say something, that another person would react, that someone would stand up and say “No, I don’t want this”

Well, it’s not going to happen, why? Because you’re waiting for that to happen. If we keep waiting, our freedom (the oh so overused word that’s been sadly mis-represented, marred, and taken out of context and constitution (in spirit)) will fade, if not dissapear.

Franklin D. Roosevelt once said “Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself” Powerful words from a great man. Unfortunately it appears as though the “fearing only fear” era is over. And nobody has really taken notice.
Why? Because everyone is too scared to react to the atrocities (yet another word used in excess when speaking of the Bush Administration) done by George W. Bush and his toads.

Well, I think it’s time to do something.
What do I want to do? Well, as I mentioned at the beginning, I thought of something last week. It’s becoming clearer everyday that everyone wants to isolate the Muslims, or anyone who looks muslim, and put them in a cage. Why? Because nobody knows what a terrorist looks like.
The world around, people who are or appear to be middle eastern, are being in many ways.
A recent Gallup Poll showed that 2 out of 5 americans believe that muslims should be required to wear a special I.D.

Gee, this reminds of something…..what was it…..

Oh Yeah! the holocaust!

Yes, yes, I know I’m probably being a tad on the extreme side, but messed up times call for messed up measures.

My plan, is to stage a silent protest by wearing badges. and what badge would that be?

You guessed it! The yellow badge.
I want to stage this protest in the most provocative manner I can think of, let me get arrested, I’m exercising my free speech (what’s left of it) damnit! Although it won’t be the yellow badge, as everyone has already seen it so much, the symbol has been desensitized enough, so something of a more clever design shall be made.

Anyone who is interested in doing this or has any thoughts about this, please feel free to comment about it. I want to get as many people as possible to participate in this as possible, I want everyone to hear about this, let them know that there is at least one person who won’t sit by and let this happen. I’m not going to write a letter and hope someone reads it, I want them to hear about it.

If you would like to participate, send an email to badge(at)chipnick.com to show your interest.

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