Poop For Peace Day: April 14, 2006

(New to Poop For Peace? Get lots more info here. [1])

Today, humanity stands on the brink. Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Israel, Darfur, Chad, Nepal... across the world, violence and anger overwhelm any progress towards peace and liberty. We are a divided species, basing our hatreds on even the most arbitrary classifications, unable to move past our quarrels to embrace common humanity. Since difference is all we can see, suffering is all we can expect.

That's why you should go poop right now.

Because today, April 14, is Poop For Peace Day.

Poop For Peace Day is not about protest or partisanship or politics. Poop For Peace Day is about acknowledging the fundamental basis of shared humanity: black or white, liberal or conservative, Christian or Muslim or Jew, we are all united in struggle against the tyranny of the bowel.

So print out your Poop For Peace guide sheet [2], drink some coffee to get things moving, and head off to the bathroom. As you grunt out your morning constitutional, think of the billions of people all across the world who are undergoing the exact same struggle. Think of the children of Iraq and the children of America. Think of Bush and Blair and Hussein and bin Laden, and think about the fact the twelve hours following Taco Bell are going to unfold for each of them in the exact same way. Think about how our differences are irrelevant -- we're all human beings. Our poop proves it.

Empathy through excrement. Brotherhood through bowel movement. Utopia through undulating butt pythons. Today, April 14, 2006, war is over -- if you grunt it.

So g o to the bathroom and drop a grumper for your fellow man. And then come back here and proclaim it to the world.

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Once again we have pooped for peace, and once again the evildoers among us have feigned constipation and thus prolonged humanity’s suffering. Which means the brown-splattered dove still sadly circles, an olive branch in its beak and a bit of toilet paper trailing from its foot, waiting for a nice, solid log on which to alight and end our strife.

Which means we're pooping for peace again in 2007. So submit your email address to get news and updates as next year's Poop For Peace Day approaches, as well as to get an email reminder on the day of the glorious event.

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The Stranger (Seattle) [13]: 4/13/06
Adam Curry's
Daily Source Code Podcast [14]:
3/8/06 (begins at 24:30)

From 2005's event:
The Daily Download [15]: 3/8/05
The Boston Pheonix [16]: 3/24/05 Detroit MetroTimes [17]: 4/6/05 Riverfront Times [18]: 4/13/05
Houston Press [19]: 4/14/05