FWD: ANTI-WTO: Don't throw the radicals overboard

[Rich Littleton]

Very well said, Scot.  You pretty well covered it.

Thanks.

Rich

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On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Scot Harkins on SCN.org wrote:

> Oy!
> 
> Non-violence is alive and well.  Violent protest is an old and sometimes
> effective tool, but folks should remember that in breaking the law and
> damaging property they are liable for criminal and civil penalties.
> 
> I personally discourage violent protest, and I abhor nonsensical violent
> "protest".  I recognize, however, that taking up arms (be they literal or
> figurative, fist or club) may be the only path to change in a world where
> elected officials all but ignore the electorate.
> 
> As to people in power wanting to stay in power and do their thing rather
> than the will of the people...  Yep, that's been our history in the US as in
> so many other countries, and it happens even today.  Politicians like
> Governor Locke say we only voted down a tax proposal for the stadium miss
> the point the voters were making in the vote.  They lack vision to see the
> message behind the results.  In the end we get shafted.
> 
> The monorail is a fine example.  I still stand in horror at the cost of
> digging a tunnel under the hills of Seattle, in an area prone to massive
> earthquakes (maybe I'm paranoid and maybe engineers can guarantee their
> work, but the earth is big and we are specks on its face).  Still, the
> varied political interests keeps their stance and argue their faces blue and
> waste our time and money.
> 
> I grew up in Dallas, Texas.  There was a city councilman there in the 70's
> and 80's named Max Goldblat.  Often considered a whacko, he had the best
> idea for the financial support of the then-theoretical Dallas-Area Rapid
> Transit (DART): build the big stations at shopping malls.  People get on and
> off the train at these shopping centers.  The businesses benefit from the
> constant flow of passengers who stop and shop, and the trains get financing
> from the mall owners and maintenance on the station.  It seemed to make
> beautiful sense and had support in the community from citizens and
> businesses.  The DART Board (what and apt name) never gave the issue serious
> thought and went right on with their limited vision.
> 
> Oh, well, in a 100 years most of us will be dead and someone else will get
> to blame us for lack of vision as they suffer the strictures of such a
> legacy.  People will still fall in love and sunsets will still be golden.  I
> hope.
> 
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