Re: The real question....

[Legba Carrefour <legba@atheist.com>]

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>... is the one that yael asks here...how do we use the internet to
>mobilize people in the flesh -
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>I was just thinking about some of this stuff today because I've been asked
>to do this television interview thing about activism and the web.... and
>the person doing the spot has already revealed himself to be one of the
>many who seems to believe that the internet is this entity that's somehow
>doing activists this great service - how is the web affecting your
>activism kindof stuff.... rather than - how are you affecting the web -?
>
>And geez - when it gets to web page hacking and stuff - I just don't even
>want to talk about it - since the majority of hacks out there are
>apoltical - and a great number of them containing language that is
>blatantly racist and sexist.

I don't blame you. That's why I find web page hacking pointless and
detrimental to our cause.

>But the problem is that a lot of people on lists aren't asking themselves
>these questions: how do I use this technology (as a tool) to bring people
>out on the street, to empower those around me, to educate, to change the
>world.

Which is why we need to support efforts to get people honest, unfiltered,
unbiased information. Information wants to be free.

We are activists not vandals. If we have a cause we should push for it
through means that are not detrimental to ourselves and empower people to
change the world for themselves. It's our job to get people information,
not to tell them what to do with it.

Legba Carrefour



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