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14 May 2010

join the activism industry

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Marching or signing a petition is a surefire way to find happiness, researchers say.

To say nothing of donations....
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Bluebear25/14/10, 6:10 PM
I must admit there was a lot of joy going on when I did this...

http://bb2pg.blogspot.com/2008/03/marking-5th-anniversary-of-shock-awe.html

Similar feelings were had in the late 60's with the many anti-war activities I participated in.
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Bluebear25/14/10, 6:11 PM
Crap - forgot to make it a link...

http://bb2pg.blogspot.com/2008/03/marking-5th-anniversary-of-shock-awe.html
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wimpy5/14/10, 6:25 PM
No, man, I so totally KNOW how great it feels! The problem becomes that the elation of it completely blots out the absorption of its ineffectuality! And it makes people want to keep doing it! Like hits of opium. It all becomes a life full of opium hits and trying to get more — COMPLETELY unaware that there is no corresponding EFFECT on the world from this "activism". It's everywhere. They can't help themselves and there is NO prying them loose from their opium hits to ACTUALLY make things happen.

If I could get this through people's heads by bashing them against brick walls, I'd do it. I would NOT enjoy it, but if it would WORK, I swear I would DO it.
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Bluebear25/14/10, 6:44 PM
If enough people take up the cause as they did in the late 60's the ineffectuality can be overcome.

Things were different then, the media was on our side, not a mouthpiece for the government!

Thinking of the 60's got me interested in finding the underground paper I worked on - Counterpoint - but so far I've only found it at several university libraries in microfiche format. The closest find so far is the University of Oregon.

My university has a current paper of the same name, but it is a University organization, not an underground.
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wimpy5/14/10, 6:52 PM
I know the media silence is huge, but activists are now RELYING on that to keep them in donations and the adulation from being perceived as Davids against Goliath. Heady stuff!

It's just an excuse! We FORCED the media to cover us in the sixties and they CAN be forced again... but NOT with a bunch of addicts running after their hits instead of the ball.
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Bluebear25/14/10, 6:53 PM
Yup!
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