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

[Reco]

 Hi.

On Mon, 23 Feb 2015 07:15:57 +1300
Chris Bannister <cbannister at slingshot.co.nz> wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 05:17:24PM +0300, 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.
> 
> You can't control what actions another person decides to take.

I'm not sure I understand your statement.
I as a current self - of course I don't control any actions of anyone.
But things such as neuro-linguistic programming or plain old
blackmailing clearly show that such control is possible, at least to
some degree.


> > It's a good example of 'usual activism', though. Activist is risking
> > everything, possibly including reputation and (in this case) - own life.
> 
> That would be an extreme case, in my view.

Why? Greenpeace activists fit this scenario perfectly.
Protests against nuclear plants do the same.
To recall most recent such scenario - Euromaidan.

I'm not saying it's a good thing (nor I'm saying that it's a normal
thing), but I cannot consider it extreme too. It happens way too often.

Reco