SHOE: A PROTEST WEAPON

A JOURNALIST TOSSED ASHOE AT UNION HOME MINISTER P CHIDAMBARAM DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE IN DELHI TO PROTEST THE CBI'S CLEAN CHIT TO CONGRESS LEADER JAGDISH TYTLER IN THE1984 ANTI SIKH RIOTS.
CHIDABARAM IS NOT THE FIRST POLITICIAN TO BE TARGETED.
SHOE THROWING APPEARS TO BE FAVOURED WEAPON OF POLITICAL PROTEST

• ON DECEMBER 14,2008 MUNTADHAR AL-ZAIDI THREW A SHOE AT FROMER US PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH
• ON FEBRUARY 2 2009 A PROTESTER HURLED THE SHOE AT CHINESE PREMIER WEN JIABAO
  
• IN MARCH2009 A SHOE WAS HURLED AT IRAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD
• ON MARCH 19 2009 MEMBERS OF THE BOSS SCHOOL OF MUSIC SWUNG A SLIPPER AT SUPREME COURT JUDGE ARJIT PASAYAT

EVEN THIS TIME ,THOUGH THE SHOE DIDN'T HIT THE MINISTER

WASN'T THE METHOD WRONG BUT THE ISSUE RIGHT?