On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 6:18 AM, Carrol Cox <cb...@ilstu.edu> wrote: > > > > Eugene Coyle wrote: What about in the US? There are British consulates > and > an Embassy to visit to communicate views on the matter. > > Gar: I agree. But in terms of influencing public opinion and official > opinion in the UK, it would be a really good idea to remind them what kind > of precedent they are setting. > > ----------- > > Gene is right in principle. Gar is wrong in both practice and principle. > "Reminding" the U.K. government would have an impact only if the media > would > spread that reminder. But the media will ignore it. It is an exercise in > futility. > > I suggested reminding UK public and elite opinion which is not the same thing as remind the government. And the UK press is under much looser control than the U.S. press. Controlled, but in a way that allows much more to slip through than our own press does. So again, I think interviewing some governments hated by the UK elite and getting a non-committal quote along the lines of "revoking diplomatic status of the Ecuadorean Embassy and arresting someone granted diplomatic asylum? That would be an interesting precedent which we would study deeply." would be worth while.
> The problem with Gene's suggestion, which would work if it could be > implemented, is that this is a leap year and we are in the midst of a > presidential campaign. For that reason there is no possibility of > mobilizing the numbers which would be required for the tactic to be of any > substance. > > For the present leftists simply have to face the fact that all political > activity ceases during presidential electoral campaigns. Give your thought > to ways in which next year we migh again begin to build "a left" in the > U.S. > > Carrol > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > pen-l@lists.csuchico.edu > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Facebook: Gar Lipow Twitter: GarLipow Solving the Climate Crisis web page: SolvingTheClimateCrisis.com Grist Blog: http://grist.org/author/gar-lipow/ Online technical reference: http://www.nohairshirts.com
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