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	Naked Bathers Protest In Japan

fewstingscorpio

2-13-2009 6:37 PM

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protesters, protests, japan, energy, geothermal plants, hot springs, bathers, nude

fewstingscorpio says:

Looks like a comfortable way to protest...
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/09/naked-bathers-stop-geothermal.php

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