[dissent-tech] whats going on?

[Simon Shine]

Dear Simon Thompson,

Simon Thompson wrote:
> 
> What that your organisation that protested againest the G8 summit in 
> scotland a few days ago?  I dont agree with any of your points of view.  
> Im pro capitalist, pro globalisation and support the war on global 
> terrorism.

I'm happy to meet you!

> In my opinion if you dont like the democratic freedom of the west which 
> allows capitalism and the efforts of western governments to make 
> everyones life better.. why dont you just leave and move to the eastern 
> world?

Fortunately, we have a bin entirely filled with opinion hats that one 
can utilise whenever moody. I believe that there are many reasons not to 
move to the eastern regions of the world, of which most are personal.

> I'd like a reply from yourselves if your not too busy, you must have 
> reasons for doing what your doing, i dont see them so maybe you should 
> tell me.

As a matter of fact, you picked a very bad time. Mostly everyone is busy 
with the G8 meetings and how to wreck them best possible. To top that, 
this is the '-tech' list, meaning that technological matters are mostly 
dealt with. What you are presenting appears mostly as a trollish attempt 
at debate, which is cool, but keep it to the right mailing list.

If you do not see the reasons for acting, as presented on the website, 
you may need glasses. To illustrate my point, try simply and analyse the 
image and the text on the front page.

     From July 6-8th, violent extremists will be coming to Scotland...
     They'll be trying to meet at the Gleneagles hotel,
     and we'll be trying to stop them.

This is obviously a pun on a reputation that many of the demonstrating 
groups of people traveling to Scotland this year have gained through the 
mainstream media, being anarchists, punks and the scum of society with 
no incentives to be less than extremely violent. This in mind, the 
picture is turned 180 degrees by pointing out that the real extremists 
in terms of humanity are the executives and world leaders trying to hold 
the G8 meeting. As you are entitled to your opinion hat, you should be 
able to see by now that at least 250,000 people are actively not 
agreeing with you.

This is just an analysis of the first three lines on the Dissent 
website. If you click onto the "Introduction to the Dissent network" and 
the "What is the G8?" links, as presented in the left side of the 
Dissent website, you will be able to learn about the motivation for acting.

I hope you find what you are looking for.

-- 
Best regards,
Simon Shine <http://shine.eu.org/> GPG Key ID: 0x7BAEDE28