CB, now: > Now you speak with historical hindsight. What would you have said at the time these events occurred ? Wouldn't you have seen them as anarchistic and juvenile , hippyism ?<
no, urban revolts of the underpaid and the underemployed of the shunned and dominated minorities are not the same as a bunch of middle-class kids destroying ATMs. BTW, Doug's term, "hippyism," doesn't fit. Most hippies are too stoned on pot to do anything destructive -- or anything creative, for that matter. CB, then:
One must confine one's activistism to electoral politics and
peaceful demonstration, less we offend people's sensibilities.<<< me: >> this is the either/or thinking that we see on the left too much: there's no choice but between self-indulgent ATM-burning and the excessive politeness of the League of Women Voters. There's no combinations or subtle variations in between, so anyone who criticizes one must be advocating the other.<< CB, now: > I was waiting for you to tell us what the combinations or subtle variations in between are.< not having the time, I'll let you think them up. One example, however, would be a sit-down strike in a restaurant that refuses to serve African-American customers. (ancient history!) -- Jim Devine / "The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side." -- James Baldwin
