First of all, these are not pasties.
That was my first thought when I saw the pictures at DiaperMentality.com, sent in by friend-of-the-blog Vincent VanGoo.
It turns out that this site, featuring Kenyans wearing diapers as a form of political protest - is intended to make a statement.
From the site:
At the age of 50, Kenya is considered a relatively young country.
It’s a line often used by our politicians to explain why certain
challenges remain unaddressed, despite many years of effort.
Alternately, Kenyans are urged to remain patient because some issues
are traced way back to the founding of this nation, and so it is
projected that their resolution will take as long to be formulated.
Put another way, our problems, big and small, are considered teething
problems that we shall overcome in the fullness of time, when the
nation achieves the required maturity before the problems go away,
virtually on their own. We call this the Diaper Mentality.
Like babies who cannot keep their pants dry, we have used time as a
convenient cushioning to prevent us from providing immediate and
concrete responses to our failures. To put it a little crudely, we
display utoto or childishness where a little maturity could have guaranteed a very different outcome.
We take the view that Kenya and Kenyans have to come of age and we should take full responsibility for our actions.
