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Originally posted by Calum:
i must also respond to this.
i CANNOT abide people who advocate apathy.
if you want to be apathetic then go for it but DO NOT tell other people to be apathetic. apathy is the reason things don't change fast enough. it is the reason that most of the world is hungry and there are dozens of wars raging in the world.
The only reason that large numbers of people wouldn't use, for instance, linux is if a lot of people loudly mouthed off about how there would be no point trying to boycott a monopoly. do you see where i'm going with this? if you do not try to do something then you WILL fail to do it.
People who advocate apathy are too scared of change to admit that there could be something better. I dealt with that particular demon a long time ago and i get very frustrated with people who consistently say that there's no point trying to change things. if you really believe that then you might as well go and jump this afternoon.
WTF!?!?!?!?!?
Whilst I laud your objection to apathy, Calum, I wish you would not be so damn quick to flame people! Its good to stand up against apathy, but not good to be so radically anti-apathetic that you find apathy where it dosn't really exist!
I am not not not advocating apathy. Read my sig. I am boycotting the RIAA and have been encouraging others to do so for some time.
Did I even once say 'Don't Boycott', did I once say 'Sit down and shut up, theres nothing you can do about it.'??? No, if fact I have said nothing but the opposite. I write a long post telling people to refuse to give in to the opressive legal action by the RIAA and I get accused of being
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Originally posted by Calum:
too scared of change to admit that there could be something better
WTF!?!?!?!?!?
The point I was making was that a boycott may not be enough to stop the beast. And often, boycotts do fail. I never said don't try. There are many many ways to fight opression, boycotting is only one of them. I advocate using many different means, including but not limited to, boycotting in order to stop the menace. And that is about as far from apathy as you can get! It would be foolish to assume that boycotting is the only means the public has to make their opinions heard, and even more foolish to assume that every boycott will succeed and that all other forms of resistance should be left behind.
I say, and have always said:
A: Boycott the RIAA
B: Make your opinion that the RIAAs practices are harmful to both the public and artists heard
C: Keep on file sharing, webcasting, and burning CD!
While A and B will strike crippling blows, C will be the fatal wound.
We have common enemies, lets not fight amongst ourselves.
V