Is there anything more pointless than protestors on the side of the road with crudely written signs demanding some massive cultural or political change?

“Wow! Your sign saying ‘Stop War’ really brought home the message. Man, I never thought about it like that. I’m going home right now and sending an email to my senator. No wait! You know what I’m going to do? I’m NOT going to join the army. In fact, I may just never invade a technologically backward nation ever again! Thanks for your signs!”

Every morning on my way to work I pass a dwindling group of old people who hate abortion. They aren’t going to have any more abortions and they don’t want you to either.

Those silly protests are just a nice simple way of feeling better about yourself, of showing the world how moral and superior you are and how great your mind is without actually having to do anything of substance.

You want to stop the fucking war? Getting invovled in party politics and amongst the people who shape the world might be a good place to start.

You want to save the little fucking babies? Donate half your salary to groups that help poor unwed mothers. Support education at all levels because better educated people can afford to support an unplanned kid. Or a hundred million other ways of helping out that are a tad more effective than standing outside on nice days.

[note: I’m all for abortion. I’d up the ante and say that some people should be retroactively aborted. We missed them the first time but, thank you Jesus, we found them out and now they can be safely, and humanely, vacuumed away from this lovely planet that could be fucking paradise if only people would play nice.]

[note: I’m in a bad mood today.]

If you actually care about an issue, do something substantial about it. Don’t stand outside making a spectacle of yourself to show how wonderful you are.

Or better yet, be honest in your intentions and wave signs that say what you’re really thinking, “WE’RE MORALLY SUPERIOR!” “I’m great!” “Look at how wonderful I am!” “You all suck because you don’t hold my idiotic beliefs!” “We know you’re evil!” “Honk if you think we’re cool!”