Re: RAT Hello Seattle

[jonoh1@juno.com]

graci, mi amore. Now you know the secret to my
sucsl;akjl......erp....success.
d'oh

On Thu, 02 Dec 1999 13:21:57 -0800 "chris mac" <cmacdona@adobe.com>
writes:
>Jonathan. No offence. You are an idiot.
>
>Love...Chris
>
>----------
>>From: jonoh1@juno.com
>>To: rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com
>>Subject: Re: RAT Hello Seattle
>>Date: Thu, Dec 2, 1999, 11:55 AM
>>
>
>> 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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