tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003232226273103010.post5129730369543616272..comments2023-08-29T05:08:28.911-04:00Comments on fight city life.: chapter VII: destroy all humans?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003232226273103010.post-59143866551775155012008-06-20T11:16:00.000-04:002008-06-20T11:16:00.000-04:00can i just say that i am so glad you are writing p...can i just say that i am so glad you are writing publicly again?<BR/><BR/>i have about ten thousand things to say on this general subject/the specific ones you brought up. i'm glad you're thinking about this because i think that is the first major hurdle that people in general need to get over. so many people don't THINK about these things and don't care, including people involved in our so called counterculture. regardless of agreement or disagreement.<BR/><BR/>i know that my own recent forays into addressing these subjects while also keeping in mind my own mental and physical health have been both difficult and enlightening. we're all still learning, we all have our own backstory that colors how we feel and what's appropriate. in this sometimes hopeless-seeming world we are all groping around near-blindly in the dark for the answers that hang in some kinda blurry gray area between black and white notions of wrong and right. <BR/><BR/>wtf am i blathering about. i'm sorry, i just didn't want to read this and not let you know/not try to respond somehow. it's all so huge though, you know? tackling it is daunting. but a little less so when you know others are also trying to. at least for me.<BR/><BR/>j.t.jen twigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13974463491299645591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003232226273103010.post-37082232450605234922008-06-17T12:49:00.000-04:002008-06-17T12:49:00.000-04:00Sup dog,Stop writing so well, dude. It's making m...Sup dog,<BR/><BR/>Stop writing so well, dude. It's making me insecure about my literary laziness and forcing me to drink at 12 in the afternoon!<BR/><BR/>But actually this is really thoughtful, and I love seeing these kinds of posts. People are due to re-evaluate their position in counter-culture around the age where they're moving around and starting get their shit together. I think it's a full on responsibility to reassess the important strides one can make in and out of counter-culture - otherwise it can simply become a lifestyle! Even those whose lifestyle itself is informed by reactionary and highly political movements (edge, veganism, etc), without doing more than joining the team, potential to initiate change slips through the crack(pipe)s.<BR/><BR/>Punk subculture's spectrum of saying "Fuck y'all, I'm doing it my way" totally ranges from inactive to active, and it's cool to ride the wave of that. I know those who've taken years off only to come back making an amazing entrance. That said, you seem like you're sticking to your guns: working in public relations in an effort to spread information is pretty much right on - there are too many people who are notorious for garnishing attention without engaging kids enough - myself included!<BR/><BR/>I don't say that to mean do it all or don't do anything - because anything counts. As an example, slapping an upside-down cross on my band's...well, everything, isn't sufficient to me to instigate change. When possible, I remember to accompany that upside cross with conversations about gay rights, women's rights, abstinence-only education, clear-channel, etc, etc. And I'm talking about engaging people outside of punk with these topics, like school systems for starters! <BR/><BR/>My point is simply that you've got this amazing cultural vehicle to advocate change, anywhere, anytime. Whether you feel like certain pockets are riddled with nihilistic layabouts, or whatever, you totally can stand up and be another great example or another great leader, and steer this smelly ship toward victory.<BR/><BR/>And ps! If there's ANY sub-culture that has the potential for engendering the responsible use of alcohol by bringing down sexist-rape friendly Frat boy culture, it's us. Although that'd make for the worst organization with the most stupid acronym - Drunks Against Real Frats Using Rape-tactics. DARFUR - that taken?nerpalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891494363078750440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003232226273103010.post-88724300714708772532008-06-17T10:16:00.000-04:002008-06-17T10:16:00.000-04:00"They know you're more dangerous sober than you ar..."They know you're more dangerous sober than you are drunk." - Malcolm XJordan Luffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07450826873048960841noreply@blogger.com