Hunger strikes...

[Don]

So I was reading this in the news today about Mira FArrow:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8041777.stm

I also heard that the Iranian-American journalist who is jailed in Iran also stopped her hunger strike because she was concerned about her health.

I don't get it. What is the purpose of hunger strikes then? Isn't that the whole point... to risk your health and starve in an act of protest?

It's almost like a hallow threat then. "I'm going to risk my life until it gets risky and then I will stop". How can anyone take it seriously then? You can get attention to a cause some other way.

 

[a 1 player]

I usually strike hunger with a big sammie and a beer.

 

[Don]

Bobby Sands

Yeah that almost 30 years ago.

Now you have hollywood stars who "rotate" the strike amongst each other (when they get really hungry, they let someone else takeover until they get really hungry).