Re: Rachel "The Human Waffle" Corrie.

From: toughslush <meurtre_at_earthlink.net_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 07:27:07 -0000

What you said, Mike. It's one thing to dissent, and another to
prevent others from making a living. And there's a difference
between Wasting Youth in the ordinary way--a few too many
drinks, a little too much weed. Rock and roll, sex. Cabin trips.
Nineteenth century novels. Silly jokes that one will outgrow by the
time one reaches 40 (or, um--maybe not). Another entirely to go
assist murderers.

--J

--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, "Mikal"
<mikalm_at_i...> wrote:
> Well put, O Wussy One.
>
> Tomorrow I'm marching in a "Support the Troops" right in the
Belly of the
> Counterculture Beast -- San Francisco.
>
> Should I engage anyone -- fellow marchers, opponents,
spectators, media
> folk -- in dialogue, one point I want to make is that I am not
marching
> against the peaceful protestors (whom I consider mostly
misguided, and
> manipulated by genuinely subversive groups like ANSWER
and NION). Nor will
> I indulge in the blanket condemnation of ALL counterculture or
offbeat
> lifestyles or behaviors, that seems to be *de rigeur* on the
> knuckle-dragging Right. Personally, I like many aspects of our
various
> homegrown and imported subcultures, and feel that they are a
testament to
> our country's freedom and tolerance.
>
> My real beef is with the "Shut the City Down" types. These
people, IMHO,
> have crossed the line from dissent into sedition. Their stated
purpose is
> to disrupt the economic and government functions of American
cities, thereby
> draining the resources of municipalities in dealing with them
(since the war
> started, San Francisco has been spending close to $1M a day
on riot-related
> expenses). I believe the longterm goal of our local anarchists
is to create
> such havoc that the State and Feds have to step in and declare
martial
> law...which will, of course, trigger The Revolution, maaaaan...
>
> Personally, I believe most of the people who believe and
promote this sort
> of nonsense are bargain-basement Lindhs and Corries. They
seem to be deeply
> disturbed people who have bottomless amounts of rage at
ANYTHING that
> reminds them of Daddy and Mommy back in the 'burbs, and
are wasting what
> could be the happiest and most productive years of their lives
getting
> nothing but arrest records and body lice. My gut impulse to
introduce their
> skulls to my good buddy Mr. Louis V. Slugger is tempered by a
sense of
> sadness and pity about them, and what they COULD be. If they
put the same
> youthful energy and intelligence into jobs, school,
relationships,
> spirituality or art, that they do into screaming at cops and
vomiting on
> buildings, they might actually bring about that Better World they
keep
> talking about through their sheer productivity and positive
energy.
>
> What if Lindh, for example, had become a Sufi instead of a
Wa'haabi, and
> gone to the Middle East to work in a Red Crescent hospital?
Or what if
> Corrie had married, gotten a good job, and adopted a couple of
kids (one
> Pali, one Israeli) orphaned by the conflict? Obviously both
found it far
> easier to pour their rage and rich-liberal self-loathing into
becoming
> would-be Che Guevaras. Much as it's far more of a short term
rush for our
> local black-clad, bemasked hordes to throw temper tantrums
in the Financial
> District, than develop the patience and self-discipline that, say,
the
> back-to-the-land Hippies did in setting up WORKING
alternatives to wage
> slavery. Whether it's being crushed by a Gaza 'dozer or
languishing in a
> SFPD holding cell, the result is the same: life wasted on behalf
of some
> arbitrary cause.
>
Received on 2003-03-28 23:27:08