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Article #2931Re: and people wonder why im angry
From: Craig Sanders
Date: Sun, 06 Nov 1994 22:15
Date: Sun, 06 Nov 1994 22:15
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cjmount@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Christopher Mountford) writes:
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> Of course. And that's a problem. It's just plain old ordinary everyday
> ignorance. It's not a conspiracy. It's not about demonising men. It's
> about opening minds. It's a difficult thing to accomplish en masse.
Well you may as well just fucking give up if that's what you're attempting.
Enlightenment en masse is a contradiction in terms. Not only are the
majority of the human race just plain dumb (how else can this world be
explained?), but opening minds just can not be achieved on a mass scale
- you may be able to convince one or two in one-on-one conversation,
you can even shock a dozen or two into wakefulness with appropriately
outrageous actions and statements, but you just can't wake up sheep with
the same sort of mass-marketing techniques used to induce and maintain
their sleepy stupor.
--
cas@muffin.apana.org.au
"Organise a strike in your school or workplace on the grounds that it
does not satisfy your need for indolence & spiritual beauty."
-- Hakim Bey, The Temporary Autonomous Zone
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10f38d,a8c6f929d2b02806 X-Google-Attributes: gid10f38d,public X-Google-Thread: fa7f6,a8c6f929d2b02806 X-Google-Attributes: gidfa7f6,public X-Google-Thread: f5de8,a8c6f929d2b02806 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5de8,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-06 14:15:48 PST Newsgroups: aus.org.efa,alt.cyberpunk,alt.feminism Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!news.edu.tw!rs540.ncu.edu.tw!news.cc.nctu.edu.tw!nctuccca.edu.tw!howland.reston.ans.net!quagga.ru.ac.za!munnari.oz.au!jabaru.pronet.com!muffin!cas From: cas@muffin.pronet.com (Craig Sanders) Subject: Re: and people wonder why im angry Organization: The Utility Muffin Research Kitchen Message-ID: <1994Nov6.221548.26270@muffin.pronet.com> References: <783293686snz@bvision.demon.co.uk> <3916m7$rl5@inferno.mpx.com.au> <CyIDuF.41D@scu.edu.au> <391oks$799@nntp.Stanford.EDU> <3938qv$j1r@linda.teleport.com> <cjmount.783651084@extro> <39487j$jnp@africa.lm.com> <cjmount.783674987@extro> Date: Sun, 6 Nov 1994 22:15:48 GMT Lines: 25