Protest and Assent

[binidj]

It struck me recently, that only protest is ever really measured ... you never saw anyone demonstrating that the Gulf War was a good thing for example but the people saying it was a bad thing got loads of press because they were making a noise about it. This is fair enough, free speech is a good thing in my opinion but I've decided that the time has come to make a stand (however insignificant) to give assent and support to ideas which other people may be campaigning about.

If you feel as I do, please cut and paste this image ... if you could host it yourself that would be especially nice.



Now while I welcome discussion, I don't think that this is a good forum for it so if you want to discuss my politics at length I invite you to do so in person rather than here. Comments on the validity of positive assent however are welcomed (since I suspect that such a discussion will be less likely to be either as impassioned or as lengthy).

Comments

[anatosuchus.livejournal.com]

The trouble with "in person" is you're in Surrey and I'm in Wales. Nevertheless, I can see why you might not want your journal taken over by a likely emotive subject.

[binidj.livejournal.com]

Ah but we do meet at events ... you'll just have to take notes of things you want to berate me about.

[anatosuchus.livejournal.com]

Fair enough, though I would hope I would never get into "berating" territory!

Which reminds me, I must figure out what to do about Maelstrom...