Protesting nationalism

A good way to undermine nationalism and other divisive ideologies would be to trivialize their symbols.

Wear a Palestinian scarf around your midriff one day, and pretend to be Daryl Hannah in Attack of the 50 foot woman. Next day pick any two flags (largish) and fashion for yourself a toga: one flag in back, one in front. If you chose, for instance, the US flag for the back, you could sit on the stars and stripes; and if you had the israeli flag in front and you're a man, there could be a nice bump at crotch level, poking against the star of David.

The trick lies in alternating opposed symbols, of course. Don't stick to one garment.

If you ever go into the manufacturing world, i think there could also be a market for nationalistic toilet paper. Each roll would be hold all the world's flags, tightly printed in soft, smooth, ass-wiping cellulose (recycled, of course).

The same could be done for religious symbols. Imagine: the ankh, the cross, the half moon, a pagoda... All stringed together in soft pastel colors against a white background. If a certain religion or sect has no symbols, or if it shares symbols with another, then you just print its name... but you have to make sure that when the time to use the paper comes, you don't cut the word in two. Schisms are bad, as well we know.

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Incidentally, we arrived from the Spanish-Skiing excursion yesterday evening. Had an excellent time.