On Tue, 2002-12-03 at 11:51, derrien@club-internet.fr wrote:
I support Amnesty, the International Otter Survival Fund (yes !), Survival, Greenpeace, etc... I read and saw everything that Michael Moore did. I subscribed to a french newspaper to know what's going on everywhere in this world (and I don't watch tv news). I vote.
So don't tell me I don't care about what's outside my apartment.
My previous comments were not intended as an attack on you or your personal involvement in the world, and I apologize if my focus appeared to be you, personally. Although talk of international affairs and war and Bush is not related to the Orb, it's something that impacts all of us. I think dialog, and lots of it, is necessary to foster awareness and resistance. We've got to keep talking. Here's as good as anywhere. Better than lots of places, maybe, since the Orb's music seems likely to attract the type of folk that made up the anti-war movement in the 60s (to make a broad generalization.) And on this note, Zmag has a great article about "Talking With Friends And Family About Iraq" posted on their site right now: http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=15&ItemID=2662 "A November 2002 poll by the Christian Science Monitor shows that a majority of US citizens now support the assassination of foreign leaders in the "war on terror" and that one in four can imagine backing the use of nuclear weapons. This growing willingness to support violence reflects the fear that has become a common denominator of public life in the US since September 11, 2001. As people committed to human rights, we can point out ways that the Bush Administration has sought to channel this fear into support for its war against Iraq (for example, by lying about Iraqi involvement in the September 11 attacks, as the White House did again on September 26, 2002). And we can point out that this exploitation of grief and fear for political gain is a form of violence." PEACE!!! Mick