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|    Omixochitl to FixinDixon    |
|    Re: Taking Sides... or not?    |
|    29 Jan 05 21:56:51    |
      From: omixochitl2002@yahoo.com              m.butcher@liv.ac.uk (FixinDixon) wrote in       news:1986a2df.0501281526.46c8b9ac@posting.google.com:              > As alleged cyberpunks (or people who can see past this haven's current       > incarnation as a posting board for porn links), I suppose we have some       > role to play in the anti-establisment/anti-corporate movement.       >       > Having just blasted my way around a few sites (mostly as a result of       > visiting Culture Jammer), I guess you could say that there's a       > concerted effort to undermine the authoritaty of the state, or at       > least ensure that the public opinion is at least heard, if not       > listened to.       >       > Since we are a literary movement, each of us privately scribbling       > words down somewhere, gleaning inspiration from our towns and cities,       > do we owe any allegiance to these anti-establishment groups? As       > "punks", I suppose it is arguable that we do - after all, we all came       > from the same 1960s-70s stock. The new anti-establishment groups seem       > very much into using technology to promote themselves. Discussions              Depends on which anti-establishment groups and which parts of the       establishment they're against. Heck, I've even seen "honour killings"       both condemned by anti-establishment peeps and defended by anti-       -establishment peeps in the same society...              > about clothing and such have shown us that we lack a unified       > collective - some utilising the Matrix-style, others a grunge look,       > some a conforming style (various individuals may be interested to know       > I have since acquiesced and purchased a GAP jumper - and it did hurt).       > We do share a common goal - working against the state/corporations       > whilst doing our own thing.              Do we?              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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