[Peace-discuss] Elizabeth Simpson's suggestion

["E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森"]

There's an old Welsh joke.

(At least the guy who told it was old in a relative way, and as Welsh as 
Cymraeg and Cymru.)


Q:  What is grey, but is not there?


A:  No...elephants.


So one could say that "nothing" is "something" existentially.

On 11/02/12 9:46, Rachel Storm wrote:
> I think it's pretty ridiculous to assume they mean nothing.
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 8:25 PM, "E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森" 
> <ewj at pigsqq.org <mailto:ewj at pigsqq.org>> wrote:
>
>     When I lived in Urbana, I wanted access to the city officials and
>     public servants.
>     I wanted to participate actively in seeing the figurative heads of
>     the heads of the local government
>     either in a charger or on stakes in front of the city hall.
>
>     The world that they strove to establish and maintain was far
>     different from the one that I wanted.
>     But the problems in system of machine politics is that there are a
>     significant number of people who are
>     dedicated to maintenance of the status quo.  I was ensnared by an
>     implied social contract
>     that I never wanted to participate in, of which I had little
>     knowledge (no excuse, la la la),
>     and which I grew to despise more and more deeply as I understood
>     what a scam and trap it was.
>
>     It is totally ridiculous to think that your petty elections mean
>     anything, and it is rather
>     embarrassing to see grown and literate people proceed in thinking
>     that they matter.
>
>     Your so-called democracy is little more than a zero sum game in
>     which some usurp
>     power over others in a glorified numbers racket.
>
>     What the Amerikan people need to be reminded of is how badly they
>     are getting fucked by their
>     government at every level, local, state, national, etc.
>
>     Be kind to me.  I deserve it.
>
>
>     On 11/02/12 8:38, Susan Parenti wrote:
>
>
>             Thoughts: it is vital to claim and occupy what is ours-
>             public spaces, unemployment or disability insurance,
>             access to libraries, city buildings, officials, public
>             servants. We forget what is our and then it gets rescinded
>             under the auspice that by not engaging it, we show we
>             don't want it.
>
>             So, strategic engagement/ reminder of what is (or should
>             be) public/public service is vital. Especially at election
>             time! These are our elections! I suggest a visibility of
>             local/state election.
>
>             The public infrastructure of uc2b is potentially going to
>             be given to a private, out of town Corp. Gigabit.coop is
>             proposing to create a coop biz to supply broadband
>             instead. There will be forums on tues and wed I think, and
>              ongoing energy. This is about keeping local resources,
>             keeping $ and jobs local.
>
>             Long email to write from a phone...
>             Beth
>
>             Be kind to yourself
>
>
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