From: "Br. Cleve" <brcleve@mindspring.com>
From: "Br. Cleve" <brcleve@mindspring.com>
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Pic by IDMRSR
In light of all the blind patriotism being flung around
and a general feeling of helplessness against terrorist
acts I thought I would spread a little suggestion of
how to think globally and act locally.
This text was written by Russ from Organ and Bongos
zine
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>We know that Bin Laden and his collaborators, the
Taliban rulers of Afghanistan, espouse a radical vision
of the world that bans alcohol, drugs, and most forms
of popular entertainment; that forces women to cover
themselves from head to toe; and that exacts unquestioning
obedience to crackpot religious authorities. These
zealots have shown a bloodthirsty willingness to inflict
mass violence on an international scale to achieve
their reactionary aims. But will we give in? Will we
allow their terror campaign to cow us into abandoning
our freedoms and giving up the ways we choose to live?
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>In response to their violence, we must not curtail,
we must redouble our 'decadent' practices that fly
in the face of their distorted puritanical views. We
must raise our glasses high and defiantly consume whatever
it is that makes our world shine. We must form patriotic
columns streaming forth into nightclubs, bars, theatres,
and casinos. We must offer rousing support for a woman's
right to bare her flesh in public. And we must shun
the moral preachings of the likes of Jerry Falwell
and Pat Robertson who merely echo what our adversaries
stand for. In a new age of turbulence when freedom
and self-determination are once again under siege,
we can be heroes by being true to ourselves.
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>For love of God and country, boogie on!