[O29] I think gus & gary have good points...

[gustavo]

Amatul, thanks for the lively and upbeat post.  I am in agreement with 
most of what you said and as a white puerto rican male anarcho-commie 
will be happy to listen to you, support you and even be led by you in 
chants of "god is coming and boy is she pissed." :)

I want to get one thing straight here though--when I said  the thing 
about letting shit happen, I didn't mean letting shit happen in the 
sense that "shit happens"   Personally I hope to witness no "shit 
happening".  I simply meant that we have to leave the movement room to 
grow naturally--the shit that i'm talking about letting happen is 
chit-chat among strangers, exchanges of peace signs, whatever a bunch of 
pissed-off, pumped-up anti-warriors of all ages and political 
persuasions might think of doing with themselves at a rally that is as 
much about them as it is about the organizers, though not as much as it 
is about the victims of the many evils we seek to stem.  i have all the 
respect in the world for the commitment displayed by people who actively 
organize these things, and have no intention of in any way inciting or 
even passively condoning any disruptance.  my point is simply to call 
for a spirit of humility and good humor when we decide to work together 
as equals toward a common goal.  and for the record, i dont remember 
signing up for this list, but am glad i was added.  is there a bot i can 
write to with the subject: "thanks"?

anyway, shots all around, on me... ;)

gus

Amatul Hannan wrote:

>I'll still help y'all
> 
>Then, the next event that I will support and work on
>and perform at needs to be ORGANIZED and PLANNED BY
>women and people of color, and SUPPORTED FULLY by
>white men and all the rest of us LISTENING to and
>being LED BY folk of color and our sisters.
>
>  
>
-- 
"Se eu dou comida aos pobres, eles me chamam de santo. Se eu pergunto porque os pobres não têm comida, eles me chamam de comunista."

"If I give food to the poor they call me a saint.  If I ask why the poor have no food they call me a communist."

-Dom Hélder Câmara