[Vision2020] "Vandal"ism

[sean]

It strikes me as odd that physically 
non-destructive civil disobedience can be the 
tactic of choice (and the object of praise) by 
one political movement, only to have it be the 
object of disgust and overly serious 
consternation by another.  When Earth First! does 
it those they poke fun at/curtail hate those 
tactics.  They are called illegal, vandalism, or 
worse.  The monkey wrenchers themselves call it 
civil disobedience warranted by the cause.

Now, when bogus letters from an administrator are 
created or a mocking welcome sign is altered, 
it's--you guessed it--illegal, vandalism, or 
worse.  Why aren't more folks laughing?  Perhaps 
because they don't like the joke (ie, the 
political stance).  The means of the message is 
attacked instead.

Maybe what is really not appreciated is that "two 
can play that game", and that tactics held dear 
by one political slant can also be absconded by 
'the enemy'.  EF!ers get a kick out of sugar in a 
D8's fuel tank, but cry foul when Sage Brush 
Rebellion-ites drive a dozer into federal land 
cutting a new road.

Perhaps tolerance should be not simply a nice 
catch phrase for ideologies but also for means by 
which free speech is conveyed.  Unlikely, I 
suspect, because tolerance is a sham; when push 
comes to shove neither side tolerates what they 
despise.  And neither side will likely tolerate a 
creative use of subversion when the message it 
carries is so intolerable.

s

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>On Oct 6, 2005, at 12:31 PM, Doug Jones wrote:
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>>Wow, Nick "suspected a hoax immediately." Good work, Nick.
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>>The humor is pretty flat; I hope no one over here did it. Ask Joan O.
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>>Doug Jones
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>Yes, why not ask me?  Unlike those hilarious 
>"skylarkers" at the Kirk, I don't find vandalism 
>amusing.  I didn't laugh when your Pastor's pals 
>altered the "Welcome to Moscow" sign to read 
>"Welcome to Hooters," and I was easily able to 
>contain my guffaws when more of your lot (with 
>the aid of a now ex-University of Idaho 
>administrator) used the university's own 
>photocopiers and fax machines to send out hoax 
>announcements of a "Topless And Proud" 
>conference in the College of Liberal Arts.  Ooh, 
>my side.  Would someone please pass the feather?
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>While I often laugh at you, Doug Jones, I never laugh with you.
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>Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment
>www.auntie-establishment.com
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Thanks,
s


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