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From the Abstract Expressionists School of Protest

Protesters pour spaghetti on Dane offices

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Seven young activists were detained Thursday after pouring some 440 pounds of cooked spaghetti and sprinkling tomato sauce on the stairs leading up to the Finance Ministry in the Danish capital, police said.

So, what do you think they were protesting? Imports of Italian pasta damaging domestic pasta growing operations? The lack of oregano in the Danish diet? No tomato sauce for olive oil? Not quite.

The protest was staged against a government proposal to cut state-financed student grants, allegedly to encourage Danish students to finish their education more quickly, the activists said.

"The government's planned reduction ... forces young people to live below subsistence level," they claimed in a statement, mocking the government to set up a "youth buffet on the stairs" of the ministry. [...]

Sorry, maybe I'm just missing the subtle mocking jab at the state here, but if this is the best prank a bunch of college kids can come up with, I think there are some problems in Denmark that go FAR beyond some plan to reduce the amount of money they pay a bunch of worthless commie slackers to go to school.

Similar to my plan for eliminating illegal aliens in the United States, I recommend the Danes declare all universities as state prisons, and then the students will be clamoring to be let out. Once they're gone, close the gates.

Posted by Terry Oglesby at May 11, 2006 08:41 AM