tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post6222266717456830802..comments2023-12-23T05:14:34.273-05:00Comments on Wit's End: Mothra at the Tar Sands ActionGail Zawackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-29230009886556017392011-08-07T14:18:00.264-04:002011-08-07T14:18:00.264-04:00Good point about the heels though...Good point about the heels though...Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-51341801595429839622011-08-07T14:13:40.447-04:002011-08-07T14:13:40.447-04:00Fair enough!
SerindeFair enough!<br /><br />SerindeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-65277335861571465472011-08-06T19:33:24.322-04:002011-08-06T19:33:24.322-04:00Yeah. But they have legions of stupid, venal mini...Yeah. But they have legions of stupid, venal minions to do their bidding.<br /><br />Serinde...I think the number of people who protest is probably more important than what they are wearing, so it seems like a poor idea to actively discourage a segment of supporters from participating.<br /><br />Also, the UK and European style is much more theatrical than the US generally, where more people are stodgy and conformist (look at all the creationists!) So it's almost the reverse. In England when people see costumes, they go, ho hum. In this country it's more unusual.Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-7714240466312425822011-08-06T19:27:35.500-04:002011-08-06T19:27:35.500-04:00Somewhere I saw a commenter use the word 'Vill...Somewhere I saw a commenter use the word 'Villianaires' to describe people like the Koch Brothers.<br /><br />There's only a thousand of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-92005110689767737982011-08-06T13:21:37.198-04:002011-08-06T13:21:37.198-04:00I don't entirely agree. At least in the UK, pr...I don't entirely agree. At least in the UK, protests which have included obviously middle-class educated people -- at least in their dress -- really shocked the Powers that Be. The people marching weren't just having a day out in London, or hoody-wearing anarchists, or in fancy dress to play to the media. They were serious about the issue(s), and showing up as they would in their own real lives. <br /><br />I'd ditch high heels, however! You never know when you might have to run... <br /><br />SerindeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-84360747102701369212011-08-05T17:06:15.113-04:002011-08-05T17:06:15.113-04:00Madness and passion and theater must keep a tenuou...Madness and passion and theater must keep a tenuous connection to rationality. (minimal) Yours is a brilliant reason to wear a cupcake outfit. Like there is a reason for a Jack-in-the-Box puppet in the fast food line, or a yellow clown, or a big eyed animal on the cereal box. We are connecting and delivering a message. <br /><br />Wearing a suit, being boring- LOOKING BORING - guarantees invisibility and assures defeat.<br /><br />I have taken to watching a mad man on YouTube - Kevin Blanch<br />http://youtu.be/FuhCMci6LHM<br />He puts stuff out almost every day.<br /> Not many views... but I like the passion<br /><br />More musical... I think Hendrix expressed the horrific beauty of the machine... the machine gun http://youtu.be/lK92W2RzbjE Beautiful and dark power during the insanity of the VietNam war. What was crazier back then - tunnel jungle warfare with napalm, or wild action and music in the streets?<br /><br />What is crazier? - Now we have an enemy that is our climate - slow hot weather will kill us all, and the allies of this enemy are the men in suits and plundering corporations trying to sell more carbon. What is crazy about this situation ??<br /><br />We are crazy with the heat.richard Paulinoreply@blogger.com