Re: RAT "at least the trains ran on time"

[jonoh1@juno.com]

A person's relationship to politics is exactly like their relationship to
porn.  They may say one thing, but in the privacy of their home/voting
booth, they may say another. I left NYC when the big Guido started
replacing Dicks with Mickey. Made me sad. And not a little frightened.
Tada,
Jonathan

On Wed, 15 Dec 1999 16:23:33 -0700 Rebecca Gray <smith@avn.com> writes:
>i work for a trade publication for the adult industry, so in alotta
>ways I have witnessed the de-ffects of Bad GiuGiu for some time now, 
>as
>he has pushed local legit adult businesses into extinction during the
>NYC Cultural Purge, setting a precedent for other cities across the
>nation to follow suit. And I imagine there's lots of liberal-minded
>folx out there, otherwise enraged by Bad GiuGiu's shenanigans, who 
>are
>given pause here and sortof feel like Oh that porno stuff, that's a
>horse of a different color. But it's not. it's an incontrovertible
>sanction on what the vast NYC community can and cannot
>read/watch/say/do.
>
>
>What i really want to say in this post, however, is that Giuliani's 
>not
>The Problem, or he's just a man. He's emblematic, ain't he?... the
>spearhead for what must be a humongous number of silent, unseen 
>Others
>who voted for his platform/agree with these actions/support these
>ideas. and I seem--and a bunch of people who have posted recently
>seem--to be absolutely unconnected with this group. who are they? 
>Where
>are they hiding? do they go to theater/do they have a connex. to the
>arts community at all? Do they stuff the ballot boxes? Do they
>constitute a majority or were otherwise sane people hoodwinked into
>voting this system in? What, exactly, is going on here and how can it
>be so faceless? Are we all that out of touch/stratified? Have I met 
>the
>radicals and is them me?
>
>
>show thyself giuliani supporter and explain! explain!
>
>
>shutting up and getting back to work
>
>XOX
>
>

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