At 04:13 PM 1/6/99, Graham Young wrote:
>Trudy,
>
>I don't have a problem with either politician being on the list. It
>means someone takes all of this stuff seriously. I was just a little
>suprised, that's all.
>
>You are probably right about the letters. It requires just a little more
>effort to send a letter than an email, but I am getting the feeling from
>pollies that I know, that merely sending emails, at a time when everyone
>else is doing it, is a waste of tme. The clutter is just too hard for any
>communication to cut through.
>
>But I think there are solutions which would keep the politicians happy in
>that they wouldn't feel "spammed", but would give them an idea as to how
>deep the feeling was.
>
>Maybe virtual rallies and protest meetings might be the way to go.
>
>Graham
>--
All of this, of course , simply revolves around the desire of the major
parties (including the Democrats) to "manage" political views and
responses.
I, and I'm sure many millions of other Australians, are sick to death of
the idea that all morality, politics, workplaces, thoughts, media, etc etc
etc is something that simply needs to be "managed".
We, in the views of these people, are simply there to be bought and sold,
categorised and rationalised, for the interests of government and business.
I haven't seen anything as dehumanising since the 50's gave way to the
60's. We should all live and die in a biege cardigan for the good of the
party, the company or the "economy" (anyone really know what "the economy"
means?). "Little boxes, on the hillside, little boxes , made of ticky
tacky, and we all live in little boxes, little boxes , all the same...."
Let's sell our souls a bit more dearly if we have to, or better, not sell
them at all, and tell these "managers" what we think of them.
Cheers
Rod
Rod Hagen
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Hurstbridge, Victoria, Australia
WWW http://www.netspace.net.au/~rodhagen
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