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

[Ric Moore]

On 02/22/2015 02:48 PM, Reco wrote:
>   Hi.
>
> On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 14:02:26 -0500
> Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
>
> I did checked this. I have one question, as I'm living far from North
> Carolina, and such details are hard to see from here.
> Wikipedia article mentions that 'Members of the protest movement meet
> Monday to protest n action by the North Carolina legislature and then
> enter the legislature building. Once they enter, a number are
> peacefully arrested each Monday'.
>
> Apparently, one for the movement leaders is rev. William Barber. Did he
> got arrested at least once? A wikipedia article only mentions trial in
> which he apparently took part.

Yes, one of the Moral Monday videos on youtube, shows him being cuffed 
and stuffed. Our Non-Profit is partnered with the NC-NAACP on many 
projects and I have met Dr. Barber more than once. He IS the real deal. 
He is a big man and once in motion he's hard to stop!

> And, I have another question. I agree that those people are doing a good
> thing, but how exactly their activism is smart, in your option?

The Moral Monday movement is quick to include everyone. You'll see as 
many whites as you would minorities. Gays and Straights. The Poor and 
the Nouveau Poor. Being a Pastor, every once in awhile he'll interrupt 
and ask if he can preach. Then all Old Testament Hell breaks loose where 
the disfavor of the LORD is called down on those who know not the Sermon 
On The Mount. I am more of a secular humanist, but if by preaching the 
Wrath of the Lord, he shakes up those inside of the Legislature 
Building, Sobeit. <cackles> One thing is for sure, no one gets in front 
of the Good Doctor when he's moving forward. "One step forward, not one 
step back" is the mantra. So, when tens of thousands show up in front of 
the NC Legislature Building on designated Monday's, it is awesome. BTW, 
when they arrested so many, they had to toss the cases out of court. 
That is real, for me. Check out the videos. Then you can draw your own 
perceptions.

So, I am very proud that the Moral Monday Movement is showing the rest 
of the world just how to shake up things in a responsible manner. Ric

p/s I keep getting on the NAACP to get in on the Open Source movement, 
just so Intellectual Slavery is no longer an issue in the future.

-- 
My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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