THEORY 5
RELIGIOUS ZEALOTRY AS POSTAL PRACTICE:
>A Chicano charismatic, Richard "El Palido" Rodriguez, had created a religious cult based on Santeria and Low Impact Aerobics. Somehow concealing his ethnicity, from his
all Colorless congregation, he was able to lead this large cult of 6,000 worshipers. Based
out of the old San Juan Capistrano Mission, Rodriguez led this eccentric group until its
tragic end 10 years after his rise to power. "El Palido" recited to his congregation the new
nativist legislatoin by the Third Plebian Parliament of United Aztlan. This legislative act institutionally, socially, artistically, politically, and economically relegated the Colorless to
third class citizenry by: issuing identity cards, and by denying them access to public
education, welfare, health and housing. Richard "El Palido" Rodriguez, using his renown
talents as an orator and after four days of sermonizing, exhortations, and food and sleep
deprivation, had convinced his congregation to cut off their left hands as a political protest
and as an act of faith. Crating 6,000 plus hands, some of the disciples had decided to sever
both hands as a form of religious one upmanship, Rodriguez decided to ship the steamy
crate to the Aztlan Parliament in the capitol District of East Los. Weeks later it was returned
to the mission due to lack of postage.