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When armchair activism backfires

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Friday February 21, 2003 14:42author by Paul Kinsella - Variousauthor email paulkinsella53 at yahoo dot comauthor address 53 Lorcan Grove, Dublin 9, Eireauthor phone 087-9748511 Report this post to the editors

Beware of bogus petitions

Always very cynical about petitions anyway. The below just proves my point.

WHEN ARMCHAIR ACTIVISM BACKFIRES
Michael Serazio, AlterNet
An antiwar petition is gathering thousands of names to send
to the UN to protest war in Iraq. There's just one problem
-- it's a hoax.

Related Link: http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=15212
author by Petpublication date Fri Feb 21, 2003 14:49author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Are you listening, "Anonymous" Git?????????

author by Fine Geal Supporterpublication date Fri Feb 21, 2003 15:56author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Most lefty groups are barking mad. They seem to attract odd characters and sensible people run a mile from them usually, the 60,000 person so called anti war march was a flash in the pan and anyway it is tiny compared to the amount of people who vote for Fine Geal and other responsible parties of the center. While this minority was wasting their time and the media's resourses chanting their anti american slogans, Fine Geal was having a very important meeting in Dublin. Your days of anti war and other marching will come to an abrupt end once the new EU constitution is in place, this is thanks in no small part to the trojan work of our own John Bruton.

author by Johnpublication date Fri Feb 21, 2003 16:05author address author phone Report this post to the editors

What are you doing on Indymedia? You and your FF pals already control all the national media so fuck off back to the Indo.

author by swanky power dresserpublication date Fri Feb 21, 2003 16:12author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Nobody cares about raving rabble rousing fenian scum peasant loving upstarts. These horrible fenian catholic worker types, and bolshevik republicans should be lined up against the wall, and shot, for their support of peasant insurrection against American in latin america. I personally back the junta death squads in latin america, who've managed to dispose of many a stupid nun and rabble rousing priest. These republican protestors and their ilk, are just sophisticated culchie scum. They don't realise they're jeapordising their chances of imigrating to America and getting green cards. Youse will never enjoy the pleasures of las vegas and sun city losers.

author by Buntypublication date Fri Feb 21, 2003 16:14author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Sorry I meant UNSOPHISTICATED CULCHIE SCUM. and also there is a comma, after Sun city, LOSERS. is what I meant.

author by barrypublication date Fri Feb 21, 2003 18:20author address author phone Report this post to the editors

more humourous fuck-ups from those fortunate enough to have always on free net access.

it takes about 1 - 2 hours on this newswire for an average person to be turned into a raving lunatic, staying this long on a dial-up isn't very likely, you'll get cut of or realise the price before reaching the threshold. Equally surfing through every post from a political view you despise will also cause you to break your dial-up connection.

thus, in conclusion only facists with free net access or ultra bored anti-fascists with free net access could possibly post so much nonsense make-fight flames with so many freudian fuck-ups.

death to broadband, bring back expensive dial-ups and frequent disconnections for a return(??????) to sensible debate.

author by iosafpublication date Fri Feb 21, 2003 21:37author address author phone Report this post to the editors

i mean wha?

Is this a condemnation of Armchair activism?
non violent armchair direct activism included?

who are these Armchair Activists?
What do they stand for?
What are their policies?

author by Theobald - Your Mapublication date Sat Feb 22, 2003 05:29author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Your ma blueshirt, your ma.

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