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12-21-2009, 01:56 PM
Edina woman shaves head in protest at climate gathering
By PAUL WALSH, Star Tribune
Last update: December 18, 2009 - 10:48 PM
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An Edina woman in Copenhagen for the U.N. climate conference as part of a youth group joined 30 others in shaving their heads outside the conference center on Friday, the last scheduled day of the gathering.
Valida Prentice, 24, who traveled to Copenhagen two weeks ago as an accredited observer, and the others each held a sign outside the conference center that explained why they made this symbolic gesture.
"Shaving my head can symbolize a lot," Prentice said in a prepared statement, "the ugly negotiating process, the bad decisions made by negotiators, or the catastrophic changes that unabated climate change could bring about. But for me, my shaved head symbolizes a promise of new growth in the international climate movement to secure a fair and binding international agreement on climate change."
Let's get this straight: shaving your head, going naked, or painting yourself to look like a tiger doesn't "symbolize" jack. Nobody cares about your symbolic activities because we don't share your symbolic worldview.
Either learn how to articulate your ideas in a way that communicates your position or stay home just alarm your dog with the nakedness/shaving/painting thing. :rolleyes:
Star Trib (http://www.startribune.com/local/west/79661242.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD 3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUsr)
By PAUL WALSH, Star Tribune
Last update: December 18, 2009 - 10:48 PM
Featured comment
An Edina woman in Copenhagen for the U.N. climate conference as part of a youth group joined 30 others in shaving their heads outside the conference center on Friday, the last scheduled day of the gathering.
Valida Prentice, 24, who traveled to Copenhagen two weeks ago as an accredited observer, and the others each held a sign outside the conference center that explained why they made this symbolic gesture.
"Shaving my head can symbolize a lot," Prentice said in a prepared statement, "the ugly negotiating process, the bad decisions made by negotiators, or the catastrophic changes that unabated climate change could bring about. But for me, my shaved head symbolizes a promise of new growth in the international climate movement to secure a fair and binding international agreement on climate change."
Let's get this straight: shaving your head, going naked, or painting yourself to look like a tiger doesn't "symbolize" jack. Nobody cares about your symbolic activities because we don't share your symbolic worldview.
Either learn how to articulate your ideas in a way that communicates your position or stay home just alarm your dog with the nakedness/shaving/painting thing. :rolleyes:
Star Trib (http://www.startribune.com/local/west/79661242.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD 3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUsr)