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New world order.

aharon | 23.06.2001 14:47


Imagine the following scene:

You are alone in your home listening to your favourite music. Suddenly the door bell rings. You open to the door and see a person you've never seen before. She push the door open and let herself in.
"What are you doing?" You ask.
"I'm your aunt Kate. Don't you remember? I sent you a letter saying I'll come for a few days."
"But this is really inconvenient." You attempt to be polite while remembering jotting a quick letter to your forgotten relative, saying you've been offended by her manners.
"What do you mean?! I did inform you." She says looking surprised.
"I am sorry, but you can not simply announce that you come. I did write to you about it..."
"Oh yes... I appreciate you feel a bit upset. I promise, it'll be OK. You'll see."
" You can not decide to come all by yourself..." You try to protest.
"By myself?! I did write to you, I am discussing it now with you. This is not by myself, this is with you... What more do you want?!" She smiles looking rather innocent.

This is an illustration of the new definition of multilateralism, imposed by the great thinker, G. W. Bush. The interesting thing is, that his wisdom is so deep and surprisingly enlightening, that no-one could even question him. As he was standing in a press conference, rebuffing claims of unilateralism in regards to Kyoto agreement, claiming his very trip to Europe proves his inclusive approach...
The US can be seen to simply get away with things, because people in "power" positions, are afraid.
However, the US is vulnerable in one of it's biggest export, commercial media.
Since the US is ready to rebuff everybody else, and continue polluting the environment, why not express your disgust by boycotting US films, TV etc... The idea being, if one wants to destroy our planet, we might as well try not to pay for it...

Personally, I thought it could be interesting to start things moving by selecting a memorable date (e.g. Fri 02.02.02) and declaring it a a US media free day. However, this is a personal idea which clearly needs to be elaborated upon with other people... If you feel that you'd like to contribute in thought, ideas, planning, action or any other means, please contact me on  aharon@artileri.net, or come to chat at #US_med_free on AfterNet IRC, (irc.afternet.org; 6667) daily between 7-8pm (GMT +1hr).

aharon
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