Freedom of Speech - now thats a trigger word that keeps heads turning.
Indymedia like Green Peace rely pretty heavy on loads of publicity - so there is nothing better then publishing something a wee bit criminal and terrorist like to get the authorities and therefore the real medias attention.
Something they badly need to get more eyeballs.
I support Freedom of Speech and I support political activists that work WITHIN the accepted limits of our democracy. Derailing or even providing the blue prints for such an action is not my idea of democracy. And it shouldn't be in the focus of indymedia either. Never heard of Gandhi ey?!
There will always be problems with activists, because they are supposed to push our limits as a society and it's ideas whats legal wand whats not.
Currently I see many american civil rights cuts and watered down. This is something that needs FIRM action and pressure from citizen activists.
But action and political pressure shouldn't resort to violence or destruction - otherwise it's going down the road of the RAF, Red Brigades etc.!
One think I always liked about Green Peace is that they tried to hinder companies or governments to do things and smartly put the media on board. Provocation can work wonders if done right.
But blue prints for destruction are not very constructive in a disput how to improve society.
Eco terrorism isn't the choice - it will fail like any other form of this destructive kind of political pressure. Did Baader-Meinhof succed? No. Did the Red Brigades succed? No. Did the Bin Laden, IRA etc. succed? No.
Violence is sure a good thing in our media crazed society to get attention, but it only stiffens the fronts and generates more hate and violence -currently nicely demonstrated between Israel & Palestinia. I guess they trenches are already too deep to ever really come to an agreement anyway...
Indymedia should have made a better publicity stunt like those stupid instructions. They should have tried Freedom of Speech with some witty ideas...
Let them suffer ...
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Well, Europe and the Euro work flawlessly without the Brits. I wonder if the same can be said about the tea suckers without the euro?!
I am german and I lived in London for some time - I am always surprised how much propaganda wars are fought around anything european/EU.
The normal Brit would gain a lot and pay less, if those high prices would come down a bit.
For example: cost of living (food, electricity) - even buying a simple CD (are Madonna CD is a Madonna CD no matter where you buy it) are extremly overpriced compared to the continent.
... well, we exported all Nazis to the US back at the end of all. They build your rockets and your nukes...
But I guess, the US has now more Nazis onboard then the whole of Germany, most propaganda stuff thats illegal in Deutschland is printed in the US and shipped to good old europe, because even Nazis are protected by the freedom of speech...
Slashdot Mirror
Ignorant Fool.
RAF stands in that context for "Rote Arme Fraktion" (Baader-Meinhof).
orangeguru
Freedom of Speech - now thats a trigger word that keeps heads turning.
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Indymedia like Green Peace rely pretty heavy on loads of publicity - so there is nothing better then publishing something a wee bit criminal and terrorist like to get the authorities and therefore the real medias attention.
Something they badly need to get more eyeballs.
I support Freedom of Speech and I support political activists that work WITHIN the accepted limits of our democracy. Derailing or even providing the blue prints for such an action is not my idea of democracy. And it shouldn't be in the focus of indymedia either. Never heard of Gandhi ey?!
There will always be problems with activists, because they are supposed to push our limits as a society and it's ideas whats legal wand whats not.
Currently I see many american civil rights cuts and watered down. This is something that needs FIRM action and pressure from citizen activists.
But action and political pressure shouldn't resort to violence or destruction - otherwise it's going down the road of the RAF, Red Brigades etc.!
One think I always liked about Green Peace is that they tried to hinder companies or governments to do things and smartly put the media on board. Provocation can work wonders if done right.
But blue prints for destruction are not very constructive in a disput how to improve society.
Eco terrorism isn't the choice - it will fail like any other form of this destructive kind of political pressure. Did Baader-Meinhof succed? No. Did the Red Brigades succed? No. Did the Bin Laden, IRA etc. succed? No.
Violence is sure a good thing in our media crazed society to get attention, but it only stiffens the fronts and generates more hate and violence -currently nicely demonstrated between Israel & Palestinia. I guess they trenches are already too deep to ever really come to an agreement anyway
Indymedia should have made a better publicity stunt like those stupid instructions. They should have tried Freedom of Speech with some witty ideas
orangeguru
Return of the Jar Jar Clones?!
... brrrrrrr ...
Imagine the whole thing with Back street boys as the only human actors plus gazillions of animated JJs
orangeguru
Most scientist have been party members ...
Well, Europe and the Euro work flawlessly without the Brits. I wonder if the same can be said about the tea suckers without the euro?!
I am german and I lived in London for some time - I am always surprised how much propaganda wars are fought around anything european/EU.
The normal Brit would gain a lot and pay less, if those high prices would come down a bit.
For example: cost of living (food, electricity) - even buying a simple CD (are Madonna CD is a Madonna CD no matter where you buy it) are extremly overpriced compared to the continent.
But I guess the british like it exclusiv?!
... well, we exported all Nazis to the US back at the end of all. They build your rockets and your nukes ...
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But I guess, the US has now more Nazis onboard then the whole of Germany, most propaganda stuff thats illegal in Deutschland is printed in the US and shipped to good old europe, because even Nazis are protected by the freedom of speech