Re: Re: [discuss-dan] Steal Something Day

[Doc Rosen <drdrdoc@dr.com>]

Hi Ben,
While I can not take part in it ( I'm not much of a
consumer anyway) and agree that it is "reformist"  I
agree with you that it is a first step which will lead
some folks to a better understanding.  How many of us
started out with "heavy/hard core actions" Most start
with small steps and some end up as activists.
Doc

------Original Message------
From: harnke@aol.com
To: discuss-dan@egroups.com
Sent: December 6, 2000 8:00:52 AM GMT
Subject: Re:  Re: [discuss-dan] Steal Something Day


Does "Buy Nothing Day" counter the corporate consumer
driven culture we live
in?
Will people understand and be sympathetic towards it?
Will "Buy Nothing Day"
lead to contemplation on deeper issues? If so, I'm all
for it.

Ben

In a message dated 12/6/00 1:42:12, you wrote:

<<Of Course Adbuster is a reformist publication.  The
whole idea of "Buy Nothing Day" is elitist, oh yeah, I
can afford the luxury of making no purchases one day a
year because I won't have to take a bus to work or put
gas in my car to get to work.  It's just like Critical
Mass which is elitist in the sense that if you live on
6th and Tennyson you don't work near there and public
transprtation is a joke, the light rail will probably
never go to that neighborhood, so riding your bike is
not an option, I like steal something it really takes
from capitalism, hell, steal Adbusters! Stan>>

Somos la misma familia,
Doc
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