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Friday, 3 March 06 ::
strong feelings
goddess, i have nothing but strong feelings.. but this time its about the civil disobedience that is happening in my city around the war. *sigh*
yes, i support cd. oh goddess, i support cd. i support cd that does not hurt any living beings. yes. yes, i support the actions of people like the weather underground, and some of the actions by the earth and animal liberation fronts. but. a big but. there's got to be some reason for each action.. thinking about a greater movement and a greater purpose. i don't think the work being done in my city is being thoughtful about a greater purpose. no, it doesn't feel very well thought, it just feels like people are acting from a place of loving the adrenaline rush. and, frankly, i'm feeling rather saturated by it, and its in my city, and if you are really going to do risky cd, it should be in a place not my city. my city is a little hippie enclave in oregon. for christs sake we have a memorial to a merry prankster! if you are going to get arrested to make a point, make a real point in someplace where civil disobedience is actually a big deal. for christs sake, make a statement some place where they don't hear statements made. damnit, it doesn't take long to drive someplace like that here in oregon.
*sigh*
i hope people can convince the leader of the CD to get his head of out of his ass and be more thoughtful. i hope people can really hear what i've been saying about not preaching to the choir. i'm sick of hearing the preaching. i know folks in the not so hippie town 45 minutes north of here aren't. go there. piss them off. get them off their asses. all of us here in my city are off our asses, we've been working so hard that few of us have any asses to sit on anymore.
*sigh*
and be thoughtful. this is a movement we're building. when we build things we must lay out plans. when we build we must be careful and thoughtful. imagine if your living dwelling was built on one selfish adrenaline rush after the other? do you think your house would stand up to the winds that come rushing down the valley sometimes? do you think your house would stand up to the torrential downpours? do you think your house would stand up to disaster? no. our movements must have foundations and strong walls so that they can stand up to anything that might be thrown at them, so that if parts of it get damaged we can rebuild, so that when disaster strikes we are ready to take action, we are prepared to take action. so that we are prepared not only to protect ourselves and loved ones from a bad storm, but better so that we are prepared, in a moment, to stop the storm before it gets out of control. if our movements are put together with adrenaline, and held together with duct tape, we won't be able to do the work we truly need to do. we will fall apart. and we won't be able to help those who need our help. we need to build strong movements not for ourselves, but for those who we move for.
posted by brooke at March 3, 2006 12:06 PM
