Re: OT: Our clothing kills - [Fwd: Unsere Kleidung ist tödlich]

[Ric Moore]

On 02/22/2015 09:17 AM, Reco wrote:
>   Hi.
>
> On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 14:44:11 +0100
> Unknown Crewman <unknown.crewman at rocketship.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 16:17:14 +0300 Reco <recoverym4n at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> No, I want to be informed about the Avaaz activism. Avaaz is
>>>> harmless activism. For my taste it's just too often not smart.
>>>
>>> You're saying this as if there was such a thing as a 'smart activism'.
>>
>> I consider e.g. the following, including the downloads using the MIT access as smart:
>> https://archive.org/stream/GuerillaOpenAccessManifesto/Goamjuly2008_djvu.txt
>
> And that lead to that story that caused Aaron Swartz to commit suicide,
> isn't it? That's hardly a fine example of 'smart activism' thing,
> considering the outcome IMO.
>
> It's a good example of 'usual activism', though. Activist is risking
> everything, possibly including reputation and (in this case) - own life.
> And the profit from the act of activism belongs to other unnamed persons
> and organizations, as usual.

You might check out the "Moral Monday" movement in north Carolina. 
People are going to jail as political resistance, Folks are putting 
themselves on the line in order to be heard. :) Ric


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