The Oil Drum: Local

Rocc;
Care to attach a copy/selection for us here? Even just the text or something? I like to see and hear how people consolidate their thoughts and present these ideas, since mine are sometimes clear, but many times convoluted. Think of it as another 1000 automatically delivered.

I don't think you're pissing in the wind. Maybe you are scrubbing a coal-plant's chimney with sponge, which might seem as futile, but the needed effect is not to actually 'clean up' that coal plant, but to make impressions on those who will witness it. Present the right contradiction to the disease, and it will catch and spread like a cleansing wildfire. There were some great moments at the WTO Protests in South America, (sorry, don't have links) when in one instance, some of the Delegates walked out of the fruitless talks to join the protesters outside. They led a charge and tore down the fences, but then stood off, and I think walked away. great statement. At another protest, when police and security approached a crowd on a lawn, they met no resistance, and were instead offered some of the fresh food that was being cooked.. the aggressive tone was rewritten on the spot by creative and flexible thinking, turning a confrontation into a statement of friendship and humanity. Won't work everywhere, or even most times, which is why we need to be creative and positive. Find what hope we can and use it to connect people and work the problems into solutions.

I'd love to hear what you wrote!

Bob Fiske