Yes, they certainly can. It’s nice to see some non-violent civil disobedience and protests being proposed. I think there may be enough momentum and time for a sizable movement to be formed. Perhaps they can’t remove Bush from office, but they can at least bring attention to the discontent most of the world shares over Bush’s election (Or is it another appointment this time? It’s hard to tell from the varying accounts I’ve heard).
My real hope is that some of the “mobilizaiton techniques” get translated into tactics for everyday life. I mean, it isn’t just something to react against … we have to start responding to it.
BTW: heard an item about NMD on CBC1 “The House” … repeated the standard data: 2/3 against in PQ, but 50/50 in the rest of the country … and the Minister of Defense is tacking towards signing an accord first and debating it later.
Yeah, we really do need to make changes that effect people deepdown, actual social restructuring.
The NMD problem is quite disturbing. You’d think the commonsense approach would lead most folks to find it unappealing, seeing that the system is ineffective and hugely expensive. I hope the opposition can use it as an issue to call the Liberals on and use the threat of an election to curb the Liberal drive for the project.
“… would lead most folks to find it unappealing, seeing that the system is ineffective and hugely expensive.“
If / when our decisions are at least /influenced/ by rational considerations that will come into play.
Until then, unless that’s the case, more “social” considerations will dominate, i.e. what does my master say, which way is my flock moving, what will profit me, how will I avoid punishment, etc etc etc.
Perhaps Martin still has some sense that people have some slight respect for him, if only for who he aspired to be … without that, it’s just yet another archetypically Canadian liberal sell-out, courtesy the military-industrial complex.
I wish I could be there for that. It would be so cool if they can really pull it off. Even if I was Stateside by the 20th of January, though, I’d be with Hector and he’s a soldier so he couldn’t be involved in the protest in any way.
I think it’s a tremendous idea, though. It’s a way of showing the rest of the world that most of us are not in agreement with the war or anything else Bush represents.
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“Silent vigils” can be very powerful, when their sizable. (Like any other action, they suck when they go limp. Meh.)
Nice meme.
Yes, they certainly can. It’s nice to see some non-violent civil disobedience and protests being proposed. I think there may be enough momentum and time for a sizable movement to be formed. Perhaps they can’t remove Bush from office, but they can at least bring attention to the discontent most of the world shares over Bush’s election (Or is it another appointment this time? It’s hard to tell from the varying accounts I’ve heard).
My real hope is that some of the “mobilizaiton techniques” get translated into tactics for everyday life. I mean, it isn’t just something to react against … we have to start responding to it.
BTW: heard an item about NMD on CBC1 “The House” … repeated the standard data: 2/3 against in PQ, but 50/50 in the rest of the country … and the Minister of Defense is tacking towards signing an accord first and debating it later.
Yeah, we really do need to make changes that effect people deepdown, actual social restructuring.
The NMD problem is quite disturbing. You’d think the commonsense approach would lead most folks to find it unappealing, seeing that the system is ineffective and hugely expensive. I hope the opposition can use it as an issue to call the Liberals on and use the threat of an election to curb the Liberal drive for the project.
“… would lead most folks to find it unappealing, seeing that the system is ineffective and hugely expensive.“
If / when our decisions are at least /influenced/ by rational considerations that will come into play.
Until then, unless that’s the case, more “social” considerations will dominate, i.e. what does my master say, which way is my flock moving, what will profit me, how will I avoid punishment, etc etc etc.
Perhaps Martin still has some sense that people have some slight respect for him, if only for who he aspired to be … without that, it’s just yet another archetypically Canadian liberal sell-out, courtesy the military-industrial complex.
I wish I could be there for that. It would be so cool if they can really pull it off. Even if I was Stateside by the 20th of January, though, I’d be with Hector and he’s a soldier so he couldn’t be involved in the protest in any way.
I think it’s a tremendous idea, though. It’s a way of showing the rest of the world that most of us are not in agreement with the war or anything else Bush represents.