Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 15:25:35 -0700
Subject: Re: Protest Groups Breach Security at Quebec Summit


At 09:38 AM 4/25/2001 -0700, res02iqa-AT-gte.net wrote:
>Happy and content people have no interest in rocking any boats. Period.
>
>People need to get more than a bit unhappy with the status quo to
>do *anything*. It's our job to convince them that fascists do not
>have good answers to their problems.

I agree with you in substance; oppression certainly seems to be a precursor 
to revolution.  And yet isn't the purpose of the  revolution (if it can be 
said to have one) the end of oppression, rather than revolution merely for 
the sake of revolution?  Revolutions tend to be somewhat destructive.  I 
guess what i'm saying is that advocating oppression,  or even finding 
anything positive to say about it, because it will encourage people to 
revolt instead of encouraging revolt as a way to deal with the oppression 
that exists seems slightly backwards to me.