Posts by DCBCauchi
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Hard News: Dropping the Bomber, in reply to Rich Lock,
Maybe we can listen to it while we discuss the role of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo in the Spanish Civil War
And who won that war? And why?
While we listen to punk rock my friends and I make.
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Drug addicts, prostitutes, thieves, gang members, the homeless, etc etc.
Do you think that’s what they wanted to do with their lives when they were kids? How they want to spend their lives now? They’ve been pushed out to the margins. Had to choose the best of the options available to them.
Who pushed them? People wanting a comfortable life and wanting to just get along. Not out of malice. It’s just the way it is.
Wah, wah, life isn’t fair, you might say. But that pushing out to the margins is a result of choices that people have made. It’s the way it is for a reason. It doesn’t have to be that way.
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Ok, sorry. Russell, have you given any thought to how journos might prise answers to their questions out of pollies?
Also, more generally, let's summarise some of the criticisms of Bomber's approach, and suggest ways he could modify that approach to increase his effectiveness.
It seems to me that certain people are saying he puts them off with his 'one-eyed' bombastic, not exactly nuanced approach. Is this necessarily a bad thing? Does every message have to be aimed at as wide an audience as possible? Or is there a place for targeted messages to targeted audiences?
And, no, I don't want vigilante justice. Of course not. Where did I suggest that? Why would I suggest that?
And I strongly object to the depersonalised label 'violent criminals'. They are real individual people with thoughts, feelings, and histories. Just as much a person as you are. Other people labelled them 'criminal'. And who made them violent? And why? What's it a response to?
Really.
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Hard News: Dropping the Bomber, in reply to Rich Lock,
Letting everyone out and hoping that society will sort it all out in the end is, to me, about as credible as leaving the global economy to it;s own devices and going 'well, the market will provide. Things will eventually correct themselves and stabilise'.
Yeah, off-topic, but I think the thread can cope. It's not just 'hoping' though, is it? People have agency. And it's not actually my idea. Anarchists have been saying that people should be free for quite some time, and that we should start by opening the prisons. If you don't feel like reading books, just listen to some punk rock.
Not killing anyone. Not forcing anyone to do anything. Not locking anyone up. The opposite of that in fact.
Vested interests have always tended to make sure that that just comes across as crazy talk, however, usually with dark hints about what else it could be. No, no, can't have people thinking they can sort things out without their 'elected representatives' sitting round wearing silly hats doing whatever it is they do. Nothing to worry about here, but have you seen these shoes you might like to buy?
Vested interests getting antsy's no big deal. It's actually a good thing.
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Hard News: Dropping the Bomber, in reply to Lucy Stewart,
Give me a few billion dollars and I’ll find out for you. (Mars is a cheaper and better bet, though.)
That is exactly the kind of thing I'm proposing. Except I want to come too. Photos don't really cut it.
And it's not either Mars or moons. Why not both? Instead of spending more, let's just bring the costs down. We know how. Hibernating microbial life under the soil and who knows what swimming around in liquid oceans heated by Jupiter? Too hard to choose between!
And this is why there's a good argument for building stuff in space rather than mucking up the surface of other worlds.
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Hard News: Dropping the Bomber, in reply to Christopher Dempsey,
People are, as a someone, nay, many people, have pointed out so adroitly, complex. Your instructions are sound so long as people don’t say a word and don’t move.
Ye gods, it’s nothing of the sort. Have you not heard of negotiation? How people actually get things done?
???
And they’re not instructions. If you could read, you’d’ve seen I said suggestions.
People negotiating to get things done. The cathedrals of Europe. Putting a man on the moon. Finding out what else is out there. Arthur C Clarke speculated on life already there under the ice of one of the moons. Can’t wait to find out.
And there’s not just Mars. We could seed Titan, fire it up with space mirrors. Move all our heavy industry into orbit for a start. No need for mines when you've got asteroids dangling above the ground. Good platform for launching ships, them.
The possibilities are endless.
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Hard News: Dropping the Bomber, in reply to andin,
Well shouldn’t step 1 be : Get everyone, and I mean EVERYONE on the same page, or to the same “mindset”.
Yeah, I am, and, yeah, we are off-topic. But I'll quickly say you'll never get everyone thinking the same way, nor do I think you should try to. The glorious thing about people is that they're all unique, each sees the world in their own way, from their own perspective, their own point of view.
To belabour the point.
But we've got a common cause. We don't need to all look at it the same way. More ideas the better I reckon.
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As some rapper repeatedly asked the crowd at Occupy Wall St: 'What is the endgame?'
The crowd answered: 'This is the endgame!'
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Step 1: Open all the prisons.
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Hard News: Dropping the Bomber, in reply to Kumara Republic,
As a people, all of us on the planet are staring several large complex problems in the face right now. I don't know about anyone else, but I'm worried about my stepkids and their kids. What kind of a world are they going to live in?
The world we make with the choices we make. Everyone of us. You are individually responsible. It's up to us, all of us. And there's only 1% in the way. The people with something to lose.
Is it really such a crime to suggest that we can actually handle these problems? Break them down step by step and actually get through this? Really? Such a bizarre concept?
Really?