In Canada, the Rights and Democracy Student Network, aided and abetted by a gaggle of feminist organizations, have a launched a ridiculous “Panties for Peace” campaign. The goal, a worthy one, is to bring an end to the military regime’s brutal abuse of Burma’s population, and of women in particular. The method, by contrast, is to get women around the world to send their underpants to local Burmese embassies. This panties, hmm, ploy, is supposed to work on the superstition, apparently entertained by the regime chieftains, that contact with a woman’s undies will despoil them of their power.

A blogger at American Digest calls this campaign not only “stupid” but, in no uncertain terms, “futile”:

Now this is not your standard variety of homegrown American pacifascist crapola, it is the much more stinky Canadian pacifascist crapola. In either case, we can assume that — regardless of how they feel about panties — the regime is not exactly shaking in their boots when the mail arrives. After all, they are real fascists and can always order their slaves to open the mail.