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Some Antiwar Protesters Using Humor to Get Message Out
Aired February 26, 2003 - 05:50 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: The threat of war with Iraq is certainly no laughing matter. But some anti-war protesters are using humor rather than anger to get their message out.
CNN's Jeanne Moos reports on these signs of the times.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Whether you love 'em or hate 'em, you've got to admit those anti-war protesters have a way with words.
UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTERS: We all live in a military state.
MOOS: Not those words. We mean the war of words on their signs.
UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTERS: No more war!
MOOS: Oil is a favorite topic. "How many lives per gallon?" "Read Between the Pipelines." "How did our oil get under their sand?"
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We're hooked. Keep drinking up, America.
MOOS: Or how about this one?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What is Iraq's major export was broccoli?
MOOS: That was just one of a couple of hundred favorite signs e- mailed in by listeners at the request of radio station WNYC.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Fight plaque, not Iraq. Read my ApocaLips. Dior not war. Osama bin forgotten.
MOOS: Not as forgotten is that quaint old standby, make love not war. Nowadays they write "War is like so 20th century.
PATRICIA FRIEDLAND, ANTIWAR ORGANIZER: As you were walking along, you were just constantly kind of chuckling.
MOOS: And it wasn't just at the New York rally. In Australia, "No War" was composed by women wearing no clothes. Anti-war groups plaster their favorite signs all over their Web sites. Instead of "Got Milk" it's "Got Oil," "Stop Mad Cowboy Disease," "Blondes Against Dumb Wars."
JESSE EPSTEIN, ANTIWAR ORGANIZER: But it's not like angry, an angry mob yelling and chanting. It's something that's approachable because it's funny.
MOOS: Often at the president's expense. "Dude, where's my war?"
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: W, you are not the man your father wasn't.
MOOS: "Draft the Bush twins," "Empty warhead found in White House." The next world war would be WWIII. But President Bush isn't the only target. Australia's prime minister was depicted as a dog being led around by President Bush. The president's axis of evil speech provoked a lot of spin-offs. And how can you resist singing to this sign?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: When you least expect it...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You're arrested, it's your lucky day.
MOOS: Even CNN found itself on a couple of signs. This one left us not knowing what to think. If you're looking for a sign from above, there was one. And what would a protest be without duct tape? Demonstrators even made an anti-Bush message out of police horse droppings.
STEVE AULT, ANTIWAR ORGANIZER: I don't know quite how it was assembled, but it was on the ground.
MOOS: And if you find all of this revolting...
(on camera): Don't get mad at us. We didn't write all those Bush bashing signs. We wrote this one. "Sign Language! Sign Language! Sign Language!"
(voice-over): Even if sign language doesn't always translate.
Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
COSTELLO: So there you go.
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Aired February 26, 2003 - 05:50 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: The threat of war with Iraq is certainly no laughing matter. But some anti-war protesters are using humor rather than anger to get their message out.
CNN's Jeanne Moos reports on these signs of the times.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Whether you love 'em or hate 'em, you've got to admit those anti-war protesters have a way with words.
UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTERS: We all live in a military state.
MOOS: Not those words. We mean the war of words on their signs.
UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTERS: No more war!
MOOS: Oil is a favorite topic. "How many lives per gallon?" "Read Between the Pipelines." "How did our oil get under their sand?"
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We're hooked. Keep drinking up, America.
MOOS: Or how about this one?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What is Iraq's major export was broccoli?
MOOS: That was just one of a couple of hundred favorite signs e- mailed in by listeners at the request of radio station WNYC.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Fight plaque, not Iraq. Read my ApocaLips. Dior not war. Osama bin forgotten.
MOOS: Not as forgotten is that quaint old standby, make love not war. Nowadays they write "War is like so 20th century.
PATRICIA FRIEDLAND, ANTIWAR ORGANIZER: As you were walking along, you were just constantly kind of chuckling.
MOOS: And it wasn't just at the New York rally. In Australia, "No War" was composed by women wearing no clothes. Anti-war groups plaster their favorite signs all over their Web sites. Instead of "Got Milk" it's "Got Oil," "Stop Mad Cowboy Disease," "Blondes Against Dumb Wars."
JESSE EPSTEIN, ANTIWAR ORGANIZER: But it's not like angry, an angry mob yelling and chanting. It's something that's approachable because it's funny.
MOOS: Often at the president's expense. "Dude, where's my war?"
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: W, you are not the man your father wasn't.
MOOS: "Draft the Bush twins," "Empty warhead found in White House." The next world war would be WWIII. But President Bush isn't the only target. Australia's prime minister was depicted as a dog being led around by President Bush. The president's axis of evil speech provoked a lot of spin-offs. And how can you resist singing to this sign?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: When you least expect it...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You're arrested, it's your lucky day.
MOOS: Even CNN found itself on a couple of signs. This one left us not knowing what to think. If you're looking for a sign from above, there was one. And what would a protest be without duct tape? Demonstrators even made an anti-Bush message out of police horse droppings.
STEVE AULT, ANTIWAR ORGANIZER: I don't know quite how it was assembled, but it was on the ground.
MOOS: And if you find all of this revolting...
(on camera): Don't get mad at us. We didn't write all those Bush bashing signs. We wrote this one. "Sign Language! Sign Language! Sign Language!"
(voice-over): Even if sign language doesn't always translate.
Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
COSTELLO: So there you go.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
