You need to get out of your rent free, spotless ivory tower more often SDAI and stop calling true activism and demonstrations "dumber than dumb". YOUR post speaks volumes about YOUR lack of passion, except perhaps about yourself and the neo-cons you blindly serve.

>South Korean farmer leader and former lawmaker Lee Kyung-Hae, ( president of the Korean National Future Farmer's and Fisherman's Association,) died after he stabbed himself in the chest. His friends called the suicide a ceremonial act.

Very dramatic. Very frustrated. A kamakazi protestor who has brought MORE attention to the plight of farmers.
Have you even TALKED to a farmer lately?
Would you know where to FIND one?
Would you BOTHER getting your shoes dirty?
This would be to find out what a rough time they are having world wide due to trade and mandated agricultural practises. People can see where "free trade" is going.

>"Lee stuck a knife into his chest as his Korean comrades scaled barricades, lifting a flaming ceremonial funeral pyre onto their shoulders and ramming it into the police barrier. "

The ultimate sacrifice, and whether this was done for personal spiritual reasons, or just to bring public attention to their cause; I find it just another symbol of the frustration the people are feeling worldwide about their lack of voice in a greedy world run by people with waay too much money and waay to much power.

>"Protesters have been a force at every major WTO meeting since 1999, when street riots disrupted talks in Seattle. Activists, who include farmers, union leaders and students, argue that free-trade rules benefit big business at the expense of the poor and the environment. "

This is true. That you refuse to acknowledge the common man and his plight, his struggles....that you continue to prance around and portray hard working people as "dumber than dirt" tells me you have the conscience and sensitivity of a snake.
Wail on SDAI......wail on.