Metaphor Alert

Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Wisconsin Protesters Lock Their Heads To Metal Railings, And Become Their Own Metaphors: "Locking one's head to a metal railing without a key is a pretty accurate metaphor for what the public employee unions want to do to the taxpayers and union members.

There was an easier solution to the problem:

Turn out the lights, lock the doors, and go home.  And leave them there."