Posted on 06/10/2004 5:00:47 PM PDT by Dutchgirl
PROTESTER Q&A: 'I don't feel as helpless'
Name: Bodhi
Age: 52
Home: New York City and various forests around the country with the Rainbow Family
Occupation: Activist
Education: Associate's degree in graphic arts
Q. What is the Rainbow family?
"They're a group of very spiritually minded individuals who gather out in the forests. All kinds of forests. We're everywhere."
Q. How long have you been protesting?
"Since [Richard] Nixon beat George McGovern [in 1972]. After that, I realized mainstream politics was not the place to go. I was severely disappointed that somebody like Nixon could get a landslide."
Q. Why did you become a protester?
"Because I didn't see any other legitimate way of effecting change. As sad as it is, our whole political process is bankrupt. It seemed to me instead of going out there just casting a vote, you have to go out there and do the groundwork."
(Excerpt) Read more at jacksonville.com ...
Oh I was laughing because I know what they are about. The illness doesn't surprise me. You can't live like 13th century peasants and expect anything less.
Only if there was somebody watching who cared.
a lot of them take themselves WAYYYY to seriously.
for a bunch of weed eaters, beef and sheep have been known to go missing when they are around.
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