Ian Murray wrote: >What's even more ridiculous about it the presumption that the 20-30 >something's are obliged to tell their world weary/cynical elders >something they don't already know, when in fact NH, NK etc. are >communicating with their peers; the ones who have to try and deal with a >pathetic mess they didn't make.
---- >Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2002 21:16:44 +0200 >From: Drazen Pantic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: nettime <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: <nettime> terrific post from slashdot ... > >In a discussion about the interview David Bowie gave to >NYT, [1], Dr. Spork, posted the text with the title "Only >rebels left are old!", [2] : > >Am I the only young person who notices that the only people >who express their dissent at stupid things in this world >today are old? This is a terrible sign! I seriously think >that historians will view this decade as the "era of new >conformity," sort of like the 50s without the commies. >I'm serious: Take for example the only people you see >speaking out in public against the idiotic "War on >Terror"--they are old! Even academics who find it just as >stupid as I do keep their mouths shut, even if they have >tenure. >The same goes for this "Intellectual Property" debate. I >would be shocked if there weren't many young artists who >agree with every word that Bowie says about the >subject. Still, they keep a low profile and don't rock the >boat, because we live in a climate where that gets you >severely punished. I wasn't there, but I suspect in the 60's >and 70's people faced the same dilemmas, but they said "fuck >it, I'll say what I think and see what happens." But then >again, maybe the government and the corporations have us >under a tighter clamp now than any other time in Western >history since constitutions started being written. >Sure, we all have a right to free speech, but the system has >made it so that speaking freely is severely against our >interest. This means that even though we won't go to jail, >we will get fired, spied upon, harassed, and vilified as >friends of terrorists. (How long will it take before >somebody argues that abolishing IP laws would be "caving in >to terrorism"? Surely they will find some stupid, tenuous >connection.) >Anyway, this era makes me sick. You people suck. I might as >well burn my books now to save you the trouble, because when >these old- school rebels die, nobody will raise their voice >in protest. > > > >[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/09/arts/music/09PARE.html?todaysheadlines >[2] http://slashdot.org/articles/02/06/09/1354201.shtml?tid=141 > ># distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission ># <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, ># collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets ># more info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and "info nettime-l" in the msg body ># archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
