Last Friday, about eight ND students in orange jumpsuits, black hoods over their heads, and bounded hands surrounded themselves in chicken wire to protest U.S. actions at the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

One of the demonstrators said the experience of being "imprisoned" for four hours was pretty intense. Yeah, I bet she was just terrified when she put up the 3 foot high chicken-wire fence herself, and voluntarily stood inside it.

According to the Observer, the President of Human Rights – ND said, "The basic goal was to make it as shocking as possible." I respect the efforts of these students to try to increase public discussion of the detention and torture of prisoners at Guantanamo, but other than forcing a poor sense of fashion on the captives, the demonstration did little to shockingly convey the brutality of indefinite torture and captivity at Guantanamo Bay.

Liberal protests have absolutely no street cred at Notre Dame, and I’m sure protestors of the ‘60s would have laughed at the pathetic attempt. What kind of protest that doesn’t end in rubber bullets and smoke grenades has ever made a difference? How is a silent protest supposed to even get people talking about the issue? I applaud the intention, but criticize the enthusiasm. Go big or go home.

I know I’ll get some hate for criticizing these Libbies, but they should thank me; as they packed up and left, I had to stop a bunch of Alumni from calling the police on a group of escaped convicts with a predilection for stealing chicken wire.