RE: RAT ANTI-NATO-ART

[Sharon MacMenamin <saoirse9@yahoo.com>]

War may be dumb, but as a species, we have yet to find a way to
effectively eradicate its existence (dare I say its necessity?). 
Dismissing it as merely "dumb" makes it easier to ignore.  And i've a
horrible feeling, call it Millenial Fever if you like, that this one
won't be too damned easy to ignore...

Aside from the nefarious, clandestine reasons why "we're" really there,
what about legit concerns such as genocide?  Is it responsible as human
beings to say to those being rounded up into camps to just "fight it
out amongst yourselves"?  Instead of a ground war, how about arming the
rebels?  And, jesus christ, how about rounding up all of our
(allegedly) out of work spooks of the CIA & putting them to some good
for a change?

Jeez!  Just a thought...

Sharon
--- "Sylvain, John" <jsylvain@station.sony.com> wrote:
> Yeah!
> 
> It has struck me as ironic that our government would
> decry the cowardice of
> terrorist bombing in Kenya and then blow up a
> factory from afar in
> Somolia...
> 
> Ya know what I really think? War is dumb. It doesn't
> make any sense to me.
> 
> You know what our biggest export is? Aerospace,
> which of course is mostly
> (partly anyway) war planes and missles.
> 
> You know what our second biggest export is?
> Entertainment.
> 
> I knew there was a reason that this thread was
> here!!!!
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Sharon MacMenamin [SMTP:saoirse9@yahoo.com]
> > Sent:	Wednesday, April 14, 1999 4:35 PM
> > To:	rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com
> > Subject:	RE: RAT ANTI-NATO-ART
> > 
> > "One man's terrorist is another man's freedom
> fighter".  If only I had
> > a dollar for every time I've heard that one...
> > 
> > The ONLY difference between a soldier & a
> terrorist is perspective or
> > which side you're on. Just because you've got a
> government backing you
> > up doesn't make you any more "legitimate" or any
> less "terror
> > inducing", just better armed, funded & equipped.
> > 
> > Sharon
> > 
> > --- brad rothbart <scrdchao@nni.com> wrote:
> > > Lee:
> > > 
> > > If I could get you that vitriolic, I must be
> doing
> > > something right.
> > > 
> > > John: thanks for the reasoned response.
> > > 
> > > Wener: I feel a Camper Van Beethoven song coming
> on:
> > > "Send the Kosovars
> > > Chili, send them chili."
> > > 
> > > However, I think everyone is missding something:
> > > 
> > > I'm not trying to stop any wars
> singlehandedly...
> > > The web site was just
> > > shocking, in some very basic  punch -in-the-gut
> way.
> > > 
> > >  There I am, looking for Sobranie Cocktail
> > > cigarettes, which leads me to a
> > > whole set of Yugoslav websites. One of them is
> on
> > > "Belgrade Theatre."
> > > 
> > > Figure I'll check it out- it has a link to  an
> art
> > > gallery in Novi Sad.
> > > The current show at the gallery? A show of anti
> > > -NATO ( or as they refer to
> > > it, the North American Terrorist Organization) 
> art.
> > >  These are artists,
> > > folks, just like you and I.  Just reading the
> site I
> > > got the feeling that
> > > NATO was somehow being conflated with all the
> > > citizens of each country.
> > > I wanted to let them know that not all Americans
> > > agreed with our military.
> > > Maybe build one small bridge.
> > > 
> > > But it also  brouight questions.. we have these
> > > flashy CNN/MSNBC graphics:
> > > CRISIS IN KOSOVO. The dialectical news:
> Milosevic is
> > > bad, therefore we must
> > > be good. Further, since Milosevic is bad he does
> > > only bad  things-- since
> > > we are good we do only good things- ( except if
> we
> > > make a mistake, like
> > > bombing a passenger train.)
> > > 
> > > The news sure is different from the other side
> of
> > > the fence: FUCK POLITICS!
> > > STOP BOMBING MY COUNTRY!
> > > 
> > > If the bombs were falling on Seattle or Austin
> or LA
> > > or Iowa or Minneapolis
> > > or  Brooklyn, I think we would all feel the same
> way
> > > that those artists in
> > > Novi Sad  are feeling now.
> > > 
> > > Also, if art is supposed to be  a universal
> > > language,  shouldn't it
> > > supersede military action? Just because their
> > > government is killing
> > > refugees doesn't make these artists bad human
> > > beings, and the fact that our
> > > government is killing the people who kill people
> in
> > > order to state that
> > > killing people is wrong shouldn't make us RATS 
> bad
> > > people  either.
> > > 
> > > Don't tar me with the brush of government, ok?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > If memory serves, on the Cantacts list at 
> RATSTAR
> > > there is a theatre
> > > company from Belgrade. Has anyone heard from
> them?
> > > Are they still alive?
> > > 
> > > Finally, my  big musing for the day-- what's the
> > > difference between a
> > > terrorist and a soldier? Is there one? Or is it
> "
> > > Which side are you on,
> > > boy? Which side are you on?..."
> > > 
> > > Thoughfully,
> > > 
> > > Brad
> > > 
> > > 
> > > )
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > "The Barber shaves all and only those who do not
> > > shave themselves.
> > > If he does, he doesn't. If he doesn't, he does."
> > > 
> > > -Anonymous
> > > 
> > > ICQ#4630292
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> >
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