Of course, there's a lot more to the Church of the SubGenius than merely
making the founders of the SubGenius Foundation rich. That was one of
the intentions of the Church - the Foundation has made no secret of that
- but making the Foundation rich is only one of the many desired
side-effects of the upcoming conquest of the planet by "Bob."
Being a SubGenius means getting back the SLACK we have lost during our
years of blind slavery to the secret masters of the world. And the way
to get back the Slack we have lost is to OPPOSE THE CONSPIRACY!
But there's one great question to be asked when it comes to serving "Bob"
in this manner: HOW DO WE FIGHT THE CONSPIRACY?
The answer to this question, of course, is "Any way you can." Every true
Yeti has leased his/her/its soul to "Bob." We are all sworn to use every
method, every means at our disposal to fight Them and take back our souls
from the demonic forces that have enslaved the planet. And each and
every one uf us is going to find a different way of fighting the
Conspiracy. For some of us, fighting the Conspiracy means going out and
exposing False Cults. For others, it means using what little power we
have in our daily jobs to give the finger to the Con by bending (if not
actually breaking) the Rules to give unexpected rewards to those less
fortunate then ourselves.
Because I use the Net as my foundation for gaining Slack, I've been
thinking about the potential of alt.slack to spread the word of "Bob" to
th masses - and how this newsgroup has failed in that purpose. I'm not
going to point fingers at anyone, because the failure of alt.slack may
have been inevitable. So it's not the fault of any single person, or
even any group of people.
Recently, Stang called alt.slack the New Stark Fist, at least until he
could set up some other way of giving the Foundation an online
inflience. His words were not entirely accurate. While this newsgroup
has the potential to be a new Stark Fist, the high noise-to-signal ratio
of Usenet makes it unlikely that alt.slack will ever be the shining
beacon of Dobbsness that it could be.
When Stang puts together an issue of the Stark Fist, or a book like
REVELATION X, he and his cronies sort through mountains of raw data -
mailings, clippings, Rants, artwork, etc. - and distill out the pure
essense of Slack from that mass of data to produce a 100-page Stark
Fist. (Future Stark Fists will not be as big, but that's beside the
point.) More than 99% of the garbage the Foundation receives is thrown
out, or recycled, or stored away for its potential to be tapped some
day. Only a very small amount of the data finally makes it into the
Stark Fist.
Usenet - and alt.slack - is the same way. This newsgroup suffers from an
amazingly high garbage content, from which the occasional Slackful gem
can be extracted.
It is these rare bits of Dobbs-essence that appear here, or elsewhere on
Usenet, that give us some chances to use the Net to fight the Conspiracy.
I personally see alt.slack as a potential source of information - USEFUL
information, stuff that we can use to improve our lives in some small way
by taking another pebble out of the great stone foundations of the
Conspiracy. I just wish there was a way for us to CONCENTRATE the good
information here and release it in a form whose value would be enormous.
I want to fight the Conspiracy in real life, but I'm having trouble
figuring out how to do this. I suspect there are many of us who would
like to see alt.slack serve as a "base of operations" a way for SubGenii
to conspire and share ideas and victories against the Conspiracy, out
there in the real world - but because there's so little really Slackful
information on here, alt.slack does not seem like it will ever live up to
its true potential.
So the question to ask is: What can we do about this? I don't mean
things like "get rid of the lame cascades" or "kill AOL" or "send money
to 'Bob'" (though that last suggestion is always a good idea). What can
we do to REALLY fight the Conspiracy - to make alt.slack a newsgroup to
be feared instead of ridiculed?
Subject: A Plea for Help
From: modemac@netcom.com (Modemac)
I am
asking for help from any SubGenii who want to bother to participate in
the vote to create a new Usenet newsgroup.
The name of this newsgroup will be soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi.
I've been working with other members of Usenet to make this newsgroup a
reality, and so far we've managed to reach the stage where an official
Call For Votes has been issued so that the members of Usenet can decide
whether this newsgroup should be created or not. If you want to read the
official Call For Votes (CFV), you can go to news.announce.newgroups and
read the message "CFV: soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi," or you can FTP
to my anonymous FTP directory (site ftp.netcom.com, directory /pub/modemac)
and get a copy of it; the file is called cfv.txt.
I'm trying to make this newsgroup a reality, because it's a way for those
young people who differ from the "norm" to stand up and fight back
against persecution by the Conspiracy. You've probably heard that young
boys and girls who feel attracted to members of the same sex often suffer
from a great deal of shame and guilt - as if being gay is something to be
ashamed of. The reason why they feel that way is because the Conspiracy
wants them to feel that way! The Conspiracy wants us all to be nice and
"normal," and if you're not "normal" then there must be something wrong
with you - so you should feel ashamed that you actually DARE to feel
something different than what the Conspiracy wants you to feel! And so,
gay/lesbian/bi youths are afraid to reveal their true feelings to anyone,
including their own beloved families and friends. Far too often, these
youths are driven so far by the Conspiracy that they believe suicide is
the only answer - and so they snuff it. As each precious life is lost,
the Conspiracy gains another victory.
Which is where soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi will come in. This forum
will allow lesbigay youths to express their feelings in a public forum -
and they'll be able to post anonymously if they want to. I want the
newsgroup to show these youngsters that they are NOT alone, and they do
NOT have to suffer from undeserving shame, guilt, and persecution just
because they differ from the Conspiracy's view of what is "normal." These
kids will be able to talk to each other, comfort each other, and offr
support and help in their own way. They won't have to see any
professional "counselors" or priests or grown-ups who don't know what
they're really going through; they'll be helping one another because they
know what it;s like. It may even be possible that the newsgroup will help
to save someone's life. Truly, this newsgroup will be a way for these
youngsters to snatch their own Slack from the jaws of the Conspiracy!
But before this group can be a reality, the members of Usenet must vote
on it. And here is where the Conspiracy is moving against us and trying
to crush us. There has already been a message cross-posted to such
Conspiracy-dominated newsgroups as alt.religion.christian and
alt.homosexual, urging people to take part in the vote - and to vote no,
because the Conspiracy says that the newsgroup "deserves" to be trashed.
This is why I'm asking for your help. If you want to give the finger to
the Conspiracy, do your part to help young folks, and get yourself a
great heap o' Slack in the bargain, then all you have to do is read the
official CFV, email your vote to the proper address (DON'T email your
vote to me, because I'm not the one handling the vote!), and show the
Conspiracy that THEY can't tell us what is "normal" or not.
As Mr. Duchez notes in his message: why the hell should anyone have to
worry if they're "normal" or not? It's their business, not ours. But as
long as the Conspiracy makes it Their business to decide what's "normal"
for us, it will be the duty of all SubGenii to OPPOSE so-called
"normalcy" and show the Conspiracy that THEY CAN'T TELL US HOW TO THINK
AND HOW TO FEEL!
So please read the official CFV for soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi and
vote.
Or KILL ME. Truly, that phrase has GREAT meaning when you use it to take
some REAL ACTION as a SubGenius!
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