On 02/22/2015 02:48 PM, Reco wrote:
Hi.
On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 14:02:26 -0500
Ric Moore <[email protected]> wrote:
On 02/22/2015 09:17 AM, Reco wrote:
Hi.
On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 14:44:11 +0100
Unknown Crewman <[email protected]> wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 16:17:14 +0300 Reco <[email protected]> wrote:
No, I want to be informed about the Avaaz activism. Avaaz is
harmless activism. For my taste it's just too often not smart.
You're saying this as if there was such a thing as a 'smart activism'.
I consider e.g. the following, including the downloads using the MIT access as
smart:
https://archive.org/stream/GuerillaOpenAccessManifesto/Goamjuly2008_djvu.txt
And that lead to that story that caused Aaron Swartz to commit suicide,
isn't it? That's hardly a fine example of 'smart activism' thing,
considering the outcome IMO.
It's a good example of 'usual activism', though. Activist is risking
everything, possibly including reputation and (in this case) - own life.
And the profit from the act of activism belongs to other unnamed persons
and organizations, as usual.
You might check out the "Moral Monday" movement in north Carolina.
People are going to jail as political resistance, Folks are putting
themselves on the line in order to be heard. :) Ric
I did checked this. I have one question, as I'm living far from North
Carolina, and such details are hard to see from here.
Wikipedia article mentions that 'Members of the protest movement meet
Monday to protest n action by the North Carolina legislature and then
enter the legislature building. Once they enter, a number are
peacefully arrested each Monday'.
Apparently, one for the movement leaders is rev. William Barber. Did he
got arrested at least once? A wikipedia article only mentions trial in
which he apparently took part.
Yes, one of the Moral Monday videos on youtube, shows him being cuffed
and stuffed. Our Non-Profit is partnered with the NC-NAACP on many
projects and I have met Dr. Barber more than once. He IS the real deal.
He is a big man and once in motion he's hard to stop!
And, I have another question. I agree that those people are doing a good
thing, but how exactly their activism is smart, in your option?
The Moral Monday movement is quick to include everyone. You'll see as
many whites as you would minorities. Gays and Straights. The Poor and
the Nouveau Poor. Being a Pastor, every once in awhile he'll interrupt
and ask if he can preach. Then all Old Testament Hell breaks loose where
the disfavor of the LORD is called down on those who know not the Sermon
On The Mount. I am more of a secular humanist, but if by preaching the
Wrath of the Lord, he shakes up those inside of the Legislature
Building, Sobeit. <cackles> One thing is for sure, no one gets in front
of the Good Doctor when he's moving forward. "One step forward, not one
step back" is the mantra. So, when tens of thousands show up in front of
the NC Legislature Building on designated Monday's, it is awesome. BTW,
when they arrested so many, they had to toss the cases out of court.
That is real, for me. Check out the videos. Then you can draw your own
perceptions.
So, I am very proud that the Moral Monday Movement is showing the rest
of the world just how to shake up things in a responsible manner. Ric
p/s I keep getting on the NAACP to get in on the Open Source movement,
just so Intellectual Slavery is no longer an issue in the future.
--
My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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