Re: RAT Hello Seattle

[jonoh1@juno.com]

But what does this have to do with MEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!?????
Selflessly,
Jonathan


On Thu, 2 Dec 1999 10:20:48 -0800  "Sylvain, John"
<jsylvain@station.sony.com> writes:
>Well I think the whole thing is just plain wonderful. It might seem 
>petty
>and awful when you're in it and it might seem annoying that the news 
>is
>focusing on the violence but here's the point: THE MESSAGE IS GETTING
>THROUGH	
>
>What has happened in Seattle has moved globalization and trade to the 
>center
>of the nations attention. What has happened in Seattle has 
>re-legitimized
>Labor as a force to conteract Capital, over night.
>
>What has happened in Seattle has galvanized the various and disparate
>threads of liberalism and progressivism and fused them into a 
>coherent
>whole. No longer will multi-national corporations tromp along telling 
>world
>governments what to do with relative impunity. 
>
>IT CAN NO LONGER BE TOLERATED!
>
>From the outside the tear gas and rubber bullets didn't just sting the 
>eyes
>and skin, they inspired those of us who have grumbled by the side of 
>the
>road as amoral multinationals destroyed our grandchildren's planet and 
>eaten
>the children of the third world. There are other things that are 
>important
>besides money. That may sound like an empty, obvious aphorism but in 
>fact,
>for the past 20-30 years the world has been opporating as if a free 
>market
>is the very best thing since sliced bread. The worth of anything is 
>measured
>in US $. CEOs justify downright evil behavior by saying "we are 
>responsible
>first and foremost to our shareholders."  NO! Stop it! Fuckers!
>
>As artists and as liberals (I can respect all you conservative 
>theater
>artists out there but you confuse me, kinda like Gay Republicans, so I 
>chose
>to pretend you don't exist) the Battle of Seattle is a wake up call. 
>It is
>time to do something. 
>
>I don't know what, but something.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:	mkleinhans@juno.com [SMTP:mkleinhans@juno.com]
>> Sent:	Thursday, December 02, 1999 6:51 AM
>> To:	rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com
>> Subject:	Re: RAT Hello Seattle
>> 
>> What a week!  From my point of view (living in downtown Seattle) 
>the
>> whole thing got out of hand when a parade of looters and thugs ran
>> through Seattle breaking windows and stealing things from the 
>stores. 
>> (there was also a scheduled peaceful protest going on as well) On 
>that
>> day, the police didn't do much at all. (some tear gas and pepper 
>spray to
>> try and get the out of control people to go home)  Now, the whole 
>cause
>> of the WTO protestors has basically been lost, because of the crowds 
>of
>> people coming to the area who just want to fight the police.  
>Overnight
>> the police seem to have lost all patience and are taking no small 
>amount
>> of force to get people to stay out of the area. I'm really of two 
>minds
>> about the whole thing, and honestly believe that the law enforcement 
>has
>> been simply trying to keep any more riots and damage to innocent 
>stores
>> and people from happening, but because people are so excited to 
>have
>> something new to protest every day it just keeps getting worse.  I 
>think
>> there have been over 500 arrests and as of last night there were 
>large
>> crowds in many different areas of the curfewed area (of which I 
>LIVE!)
>> Egad...I'm living in a war zone.  I just wish people would go home 
>and
>> find a better way to make their point.
>> 
>> 
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