Political acts Pieing

1 political acts

1.1 convicted

1.1.1 canada
1.1.2 united kingdom
1.1.3 united states
1.1.4 spain
1.1.5 sweden

political acts

the probable originator of pieing political act thomas king forcade, founder of high times magazine. in 1970, forcade pied otto n. larsen, chairman of president s commission on obscenity , pornography; action called first yippie pieing. aron kay, yippie, went on take forcade s pieing tactics. kay pied, among many others, william f. buckley, phyllis schlafly, g. gordon liddy, e. howard hunt, , andy warhol. disciple of aron kay, thom higgins, pied singer , anti-gay rights activist anita bryant in des moines, iowa, in 1977 (audio footage of incident included in chumbawamba song desserts, homage concept of pieing). kay retired in 1992 after pieing right-wing activist randall terry. kay appears in cartoon form in 2003 animated music video, death penalty pot benedict arnold , traitors, , dana beal pie george w. bush , former u.s. attorney general john ashcroft (at 2 minutes , 33 seconds video).

concerning kay, article in san francisco examiner says: considers 3 stooges, whom began watching on tv kid, true fathers of pie-throwing.

belgian anarchist , surrealist noël godin pied filmmaker jean-luc godard during cannes film festival, , bernard-henri lévy many times.

a noted victim of pieing microsoft founder bill gates pied in belgium in 1998. computer game later released in gates head pops around screen , object pie many of heads possible in allocated time. other victims include designer karl lagerfeld, american singer kenny rogers, former dutch finance minister gerrit zalm , media tycoon rupert murdoch.

the anonymous biotic baking brigade has pied or attempted pie, among others, conservative pundits ann coulter , david horowitz; , fred phelps, controversial leader of westboro baptist church. coulter has been attacked terrorist group al pieda. canadian group entartistes, founded rhinoceros party of canada founder françois gourd, has pied many, including then-prime minister of canada jean chrétien. in 2003 in city of calgary pied ralph klein, premier of canadian province of alberta, saying in press release: surprising see ralph klein opposing kyoto accord right of big corporations pollute, same corporations finance campaigns?

pie gives power people because many feel powerless in face of big politicians , industrialists , explained pope-tart (a pseudonym), member of entartistes. newsweek columnist gersh kuntzman wrote pieing deserves 1 of celebrated traditions in our so-called culture.

sometimes pieing targets suffer prank humor. godard pleased @ being pied , said happens when silent movies meet talking pictures ; intervened cannes authorities on behalf of noël godin prevent him being arrested. anti-gay campaigner anita bryant, upon being pied gay activist on television, joked @ least s fruit pie , apparently making pun on derogatory term gay man ( fruit ). however, moments later in tears. contrast, bernard-henri lévy has on multiple occasions attacked godin , followers, , ann coulter pressed charges in 2005 when narrowly evaded pie @ university of arizona. activist david horowitz said of pieing, these attacks sinister. person throws pie saying, ‘i hate you. don t want speak. never saw coming. , took away dignity. when re lecturing, re supposed have authority. pie turns food fight.

on january 25, 2010, canada s fisheries , oceans minister gail shea hit pie in face while touring canada centre inland waters in burlington, ontario, in act of protest against seal hunt in canada animal rights group peta. peta said in release part of campaign stop government s ill-advised sanction of slaughter of seals.

on july 19, 2011, rupert murdoch pied in london during parliamentary hearing on news international phone hacking scandal.

on may 9, 2017 alan joyce, chief executive of australian airline qantas, had speech interrupted man shoved pie in face.

convicted
canada

former canadian prime minister jean chrétien hit in face pie protester in prince edward island in 2000. attacker given jail time received conditional sentence.

a woman missed alberta premier ed stelmach pie @ annual calgary stampede breakfast in 2007, , hit security official instead, sentenced 30 days in jail. woman threw pie @ calgary mayor dave bronconnier in summer of 2007.

in 2003, protester hit then-alberta premier ralph klein in face pie @ stampede breakfast convicted of assault , ordered serve 30-day intermittent jail sentence.

in 2010, peta supporter threw tofu cream pie @ canadian fisheries minister gail shea protest canadian government s support on seal hunting. act later condemned liberal mp gerry byrne act of terrorism.

united kingdom

comedian jonathan may-bowles (also known jonny marbles) pied rupert murdoch in july 2011 during highly publicized testimony before british parliamentary committee in connection news international phone hacking scandal. may-bowles sentenced serve six-week prison sentence @ wandsworth prison in london; sentence later reduced 4 weeks.

united states

in august 2010, michigan state university student named ahlam mohsem, 23, threw dutch apple pie michigan senator carl levin s face , arrested on assault , battery charges. police charged man allegedly distracted senator before pie thrown. mohsem said threw pie aim of bringing light sen. levin s war crimes zionist .

in september 2016, sacramento, california, mayor kevin johnson attending charity event @ sacramento charter high school when man approached him , hit him in face cream pie. johnson punched assailant. perpetrator, sean thompson, arrested on felony charge of assaulting public official , misdemeanor charge of battery on school.

spain

on 27 october 2011, spanish politician yolanda barcina hit 3 pies meeting in toulouse, france. authors of pie smash gorka ovejero bengoa, deputy mayor of arruazu @ time, julio martín villanueva , ibon garcía garrido, protesting against high-speed rail line. on 27 november 2013 spanish court condemned 3 fine of 900 euros , 2 years in prison each. accomplice did not throw pie condemned 1 year in jail. yolanda barcina claimed bodily harm, suffered because of hardness of french meringue pie .

sweden

in september 2001, swedish king carl xvi gustaf visiting varberg when pied 16-year-old boy. such attack possibly have counted high treason under swedish law, have warranted long prison sentence. however, perpetrator convicted of assault, not proven action politically motivated. later ordered pay day-fines. 2 other boys, had helped prepare attack making cake, fined.