Hi everyone: On 6/11/07, Steve Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Im sure many people consider that violence is in itself the strongest > form of bad publicity.
Yes and we need to turn the tables back onto them. In other words, expose their violent ways and plans so they can be dealt with by proper authorities BEFORE they strike next year. > There are those who genuinely believe in a cause but resort to actions > that hamper the cause. And there are those who are just plain STUPID enough to not see any other way which DOES NOT hamper the cause. > There is also the concept of the Agent Provocateurs: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_provocateur > > The state, as the only entity which has 'the legitimate right to > commit violence', finds it rather easy to deal with opponents who > resort to violence, it makes it so easy to crush and discredit the > opponents. Unfortunately it is this viewpoint which the mainstream public sees since it's been proven time and time again to the mainstream public that activists, no matter how well-intended they are, simply CANNOT be a sustained self-policing community. (Note when I say "they", I refer to the mainstream public's view of us political activists) This image has to be changed. I dunno how. But we've got to start somewhere. And if it means using the power of the Internet and our blogs/videoblogs/podcasts, then I say SO BE IT. We've got to DO SOMETHING peoples. And the DNC next year right here in Denver is a good time to prove that political activism CAN be achieved WITHOUT seeing the city get turned upside down and inside out on national, if not international, television. We can't really do anything about suicide bombers and other terrorists wanting to cause harm, but we can take care of our own so the police can concern themselves with the suicide bombers and other terrorists WITHOUT having to worry about what we'll do too. Just my opinion... -- Pat Cook Denver, Colorado WEBSITES - AS MY WACKED OUT WORLD TURNS - http://pchamster.livejournal.com/ PAT'S REAL DEAL VIDEO BLOG - http://patsrealdeal.livejournal.com/ Pat's Health & Medical Wonders VideoCast - http://patshealthmedicalwondersvideocast.blogspot.com/ MY LIVE CAM - http://patscam.camstreams.com/ YouTube Channel - http://www.youtube.com/amwowttv/ THE PAT COOK SHOW - http://www.livevideo.com/thepatcookshow
