New Kid on the Block - Check Him Out
Granny and I have a new visitor, sent over by Mother Damnable. Daniel is an Australian and has a great blog at http://seeking-utopia.blogspot.com I backtracked on his blog and liked what I read. He's got it all together. Seems that in Australia he faces much of the same problems we do. His post at http://seeking-utopia.blogspot.com/2006/10/western-protesters-are-they-extinct.html#links struck a nerve.
A similar question arose here months ago re: where were the protesting young people of yesteryear (Vietnam era). Protests we see on the internet frequently involve just a few people. One comprised only 7 people bravely standing in front of the White House.
We bloggers are usually preaching to the choir. We can and do perform useful work, but it does not have the national visual impact of hundreds or thousands of citizens marching in the streets. It is a shame that illegal immigrants can muster a half million people in the streets in major cities protesting for their "rights" and yet citizens are too apathetic to stand up as our nation is destroyed and our children doomed to semi-slavery under a dictator tyrant.
A similar question arose here months ago re: where were the protesting young people of yesteryear (Vietnam era). Protests we see on the internet frequently involve just a few people. One comprised only 7 people bravely standing in front of the White House.
We bloggers are usually preaching to the choir. We can and do perform useful work, but it does not have the national visual impact of hundreds or thousands of citizens marching in the streets. It is a shame that illegal immigrants can muster a half million people in the streets in major cities protesting for their "rights" and yet citizens are too apathetic to stand up as our nation is destroyed and our children doomed to semi-slavery under a dictator tyrant.
9 Comments:
At Monday, October 09, 2006 3:05:00 PM , The Future Was Yesterday said...
Great Post!!! The Protestors. We are "too busy." Too busy making money, or, in too many cases, working two and three jobs to simply survive. But for the most part, this generation (mine), is the "do it for me" generation because the previous generation DID do it for us, and we never had to learn how to sacrifice. How to struggle to achieve a goal. We never learned appreciation because there was always more than we needed, there for the picking, like apples from a tree. The list goes on and on.....and ends with what we now have in the White House.
At Monday, October 09, 2006 3:23:00 PM , Granny said...
We have a small vigil here every Friday. Sometimes as few as 3 or 4. I don't know where everyone is either.
At Monday, October 09, 2006 3:26:00 PM , Daniel said...
I'm so glad that Mother called and gave me this blog address. I felt a little alone and somewhat isolated. No more!
Trying to change things in this world is a daunting, frustrating task. Our masters, who profit from the status quo (even if the world is going to hell), resist strongly.
I've put your link on my site. Working together we will achieve more but will it be enough? We can but try! Peace.
At Monday, October 09, 2006 4:02:00 PM , Ingrid said...
Welcome Daniel! I did meet a few 'young' people when I went to the Moveon office on saturday and they were quite committed! Logged in over 100hrs on this campaign 'take back Congress'! They were running the office, the people coming in to volunteer were all older than they were. It does make you feel that not 'all 'young' people' are just apathetic and follow the latest news on Paris Hilton..
ha!
Ingrid
At Monday, October 09, 2006 10:06:00 PM , billie said...
the immigrant folks didn't have to apply for a permit and then 'protest' with only a certain amount of people in a specified location. we actually listen to the government restrictions to protest- how interesting is that?
At Tuesday, October 10, 2006 6:04:00 AM , Mother Sharon Damnable said...
".. We did and died like lions, to keep ourselves in chains,.."
Economic Slavery is SO disgusting, people can't even see their chains!
I'm so gald you guys have hit it off, you free up truth and give me hope.
~ Thank you ~
At Tuesday, October 10, 2006 2:06:00 PM , Endorendil said...
Don't blame today's kids for not acting as if this were Vietnam.
1) TV images are no longer raw and uncensored.
2) No draft.
Bring back the draft and watch the streets fill with protesters.
At Wednesday, October 11, 2006 5:03:00 AM , Alice said...
I started a comment which then turned into an essay which then turned into a rant.
I've posted it.
*smiles ruefully*
See, this is why I don't tend to talk/read about this kind of stuff anymore...
Sorry y'all.
:-S
At Wednesday, October 11, 2006 8:54:00 AM , JBlue said...
I was also going to comment that the young people would be more inspired to protest if the draft came back, but I see someone has already mentioned it.
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