quoted 8 lines djkc wrote:>
> djkc wrote:
> > First, if this is an April Fool's joke (which I hope it is), then Harvey,
> > you're a fool!
>
> I thought I received the msg. dated Apr. 2, and this morning I received some
> mail from the guy stating that he was quite serious.
>
Unfortunately it's not a joke.
quoted 12 lines Second, if you are not AGAINST the contents of what you eat being UNLABELED,> >
> > Second, if you are not AGAINST the contents of what you eat being UNLABELED,
> > then you're fool.
> >
>
> I never said I was _against_ the positions presented in the post (although it
> _did_ oversimplify things tremendously). My objection was to the use of the
> mailing list for discussing this matter, which has nothing to do with raves
> or idm, and more deeply the underlying assumption that just because we
> associate somewhat with the "rave" culture we would all homogenously hold
> that view.
>
I see. You *are* displaying open-mindedness by recognizing that there just
may be a justified argument on the opposing end...but I somehow think not
as these are money grubbing corporations who care nothing about our health!
And you're not keeping with the rave mentality in that we *ARE* a part of this
and that it *IS* relevant to us, because we aren't just "ravers", we are
somewhere between a subculture and a counter-culture which combats shit like
this. I believe most ravers have very similar ideals when it comes to
politics, society, humanity, "religion", interrelations, etc... We don't
oppose mainstream, dominant society for the sake of it...we are a part of this
and have to live with it (the norms and values) everyday, but we do what we
can to change the bad to good. We're not OUTSIDE of the mainstream, we are
just an extension of it's good side of it... thus, we are able to see from the
inside AND the outside, and make changes accordingly and rationally (unlike
some extremists such as KKK).
"We're not dropping out, we're infiltrating and taking over!"
"Think globally, act locally!"
-DJKC