"Nation's Quadriplegics Immobilize On Washington In Support Of Stem-Cell Research"

[krispos42]

[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]March 28, 2012 | ISSUE 48•13

WASHINGTON—Having arrived in the nation's capital by the wheelchair-accessible-busload, tens of thousands of quadriplegics from across the United States immobilized on the National Mall Wednesday, rallying in motionless protest against restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research.

The throngs of stationary protesters, who were unable to join hands, march from the Lincoln Memorial to the Capitol building, or hoist banners and signs or anything else into the air, called on lawmakers to subsidize the creation of new lines of stem cells from human embryos, which they sedentarily asserted could one day repair their injured spinal cords and restore motor function and sensation to their bodies.

According to preliminary estimates, as many as 60,000 came together to metaphorically stand up for their beliefs.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/nations-quadriplegics-immobilize-on-washington-in,27775/

[geckosfeet]

1. Immobilize? Is that supposed to be funny or ironic in some way? Or is it just a typo?

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. It's The Onion (nt)