More than I can do or handle but I agree. On Mar 18, 2013, at 10:52 AM, Glenn moyer wrote:
> > > "They either suppress memory or deny knowing... all of us probably have fed > into such cruelty... all of us resist remembering such" > > > Yes, and that's very important. In the teminology of addiction literature, > which is appropriate, it's called denial. > > It's generally understood that an individual cannot begin healing from a > chemical addiction until the swirl of self delusions and magical thinking is > directly brought under control. Same is true for the body politic. Denial > does not actually bring true happiness, but it does guarantee that the > pathological behavior continues! > > > When I first tried to reason with FOCP and later UCD about their conduct in > this district, I kept hearing that nonsense made famous by Obama, we don't > want to look backward; we only want to look forward. Time after time, I was > encountering the same unacceptable conduct and demands for secrecy and > obedience. But insisting upon addressing the root causes of bullying and > lies was forbidden, as this "forward" mantra was angrily and mindlessly > repeated by those outside of the inner circle of bullies! > > > While this ongoing sickness in our society continues, we also need to > understand denial in the corporate vernacular, manufactured amnesia. As long > as we believe that self delusions and distractions will provide "happiness," > we guarantee our ultimate misery and fail to find happiness, just like the > heroin addict in search of a fix. Happiness is still possible in a > collapsing empire, but as many others have described it is only really > possible in our spiritual connections to each other and the Gods. > > Now, if people on this list do not attempt to understand how our parks were > privatized, reconsider the lies and propaganda of past years, and study the > neoliberal corporate processes which occured here in our neighborhood; they > cannot hope to help restore a hope for democracy, or the schools, or an end > to permanent wars, etc. People will continue to helplessly cry out, how did > this happen?, over and over again. Watching the preparation for new wars in > Iran, Korea, and the spread of the empire across Africa helps drive home the > problem with mass denial. We could have learned something after Vietnam, > Cambodia, Chile, Panama, Argentina, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Somalia, etc. > etc. etc. > > I don't want our neighbors to be "unhappy" by confronting the denial that has > occured in our neighborhood and city. I WANT TO SEE HEALING BEGIN AND WE > HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO! It's absolutely vital that we face corporate > manufactured amnesia and the cult of positive thinking, as the "first step" > of a multi-step healing process. > > Good talking with you, > Glenn > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Conrad > Sent: Mar 18, 2013 12:52 AM > To: Glenn moyer > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [UC] Privatizing the public realm, link > > They either suppress memory or deny knowing... all of us probably have fed > into such cruelty... all of us resist remembering such. > > On Mar 18, 2013, at 12:41 AM, Glenn moyer wrote: > >> You're welcome. After reading the essay and comparing it to what happened in >> Clark Park, I hope that people remember the extreme efforts that the leaders >> of the Fiends of Clark Park and UCD made to keep all "planning" meetings >> invitation only, year after year! >> >> FOCP and UCD would not allow any transparency for any of their redesign >> plans, telling us to give them money and "put our money where our mouths >> are." And they mercilessly attacked my character for insisting upon open >> inclusive meetings and even defied their own membership regarding >> notification of meetings and agendas in the UC Review. Of course, if they >> had told the truth about their "vision" for privatizing Clark Park, >> neighbors would have rejected it outright. But they insisted that we go to >> their deceptive dog and pony shows, and either thank them or shout out our >> "wish lists" in 1 minute bursts like good consumers. All of that was a >> bullshit smokescreen to cloak their true privatization agenda. >> >> The mistake people made was remaining silent about exclusivity and secrecy! >> Whenever antidemocratic processes are demanded for decisions appropriate for >> all citizens, you can be certain it includes the unacceptable. The ends >> justifies the means in the name of efficiency is asserted, and viscious >> attacks are waged against dissenters to the secrecy, just as i experienced. >> Too many consumers were tickled pink by the call for my suicide and use of >> the death ray that they stayed silent whne the processes before them should >> have been completely rejected! >> >> (With Aaron Swartz dead and plans to kill or permanently silence Bradley >> Manning and Julian Assange, the antics of the barking cheese gang might not >> seem so funny or harmless to all of the good people any longer. They also >> may understand the role of censorship with the pretense of "civility" >> somewhat differently than they did when Penn sponsored UCNeighbors while >> their operatives tried to make this public list intolerable.) >> >> http://newdemocracyworld.org/old/space.htm >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Richard Conrad >> Sent: Mar 17, 2013 10:07 PM >> To: Glenn moyer >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [UC] Privatizing the public realm, link >> >> Like it Glenn! Thanks!! >> >> >> On Mar 17, 2013, at 8:33 PM, Glenn moyer wrote: >> >>> Here is a very short excellent essay by a landscape architect in Boston, >>> Privatizing the Public Realm. I hope some middle class consumers still >>> have the ability to read an entire page. >>> >>> Our city hall plaza belongs to the center city district, the parkway is a >>> venue for exclusive Budweiser festivals, and Clark Park will now be Tony >>> West's beer garden. It's hard to know if more than a couple of people >>> out there have started to connect the dots between school closures, the AVI >>> corporate windfall, the gentrifications, the police state, and the >>> privatization of all public spaces; with the shift to corporate >>> totalitarianism. ( The introduction of university sponsored censorship, >>> several years ago, has had the planned chilling effect on this list and >>> political speech in the neighborhood. ) >>> >>> If the bewildered local gentry ever starts to wake up to the real world, >>> they will need to understand how their abandonment of principles was >>> studied by elite business universities, like the Wharton University, and >>> signaled middle class readiness for corporate enslavement! Our upscale >>> village paradise was a very important pilot study! >>> >>> I've blown the whistle on this privatization process since the late 1990s, >>> but most of the neighbors were busy laughing at my tin foil hat and the >>> incessant ad hominem attacks from our "community leaders." >>> >>> I hope some locals can wake up and understand the reality of the world they >>> thought they wanted. >>> >> >> > > ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named > "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see .
