tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074942576875844354.post2218687100082051282..comments2010-12-30T13:37:12.853-08:00Last Night DIY Paradehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03019774409824653398noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074942576875844354.post-91856977205170013662010-12-30T13:37:12.853-08:002010-12-30T13:37:12.853-08:00The &quot;Tyranny&quot; you speak so freely of is a fearful response to unfettered anarchy. There is a small group of clueless immature idiots who ruin every damn thing for everyone else. Welcome to the modern age. I don&#39;t blame the police for reacting to rioting, breaking windows, graffiti, etc. If they plain clothed infiltrated your groups, hey, that&#39;s not cool, but it gives nobody the right to riot. You say this is &quot;democracy&quot;. Well, the &quot;power&quot; that you are talking about taking back includes protecting personal property and welfare of the citizens of Santa Cruz, including the merchants. If you say, hey, it&#39;s not us! and refuse to deal with it, the cops will appear. And I, for one, will shake my head in wonder at the sheer stupidity and naiveté of the &quot;Peace Walkers&quot;.Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17288220904292988329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074942576875844354.post-21341712473360029792009-12-31T14:37:26.601-08:002009-12-31T14:37:26.601-08:00In the same ways that DIY Celebrations are taken as an affront by the City, they could also be a potential challenge to the legal and &quot;justice&quot; systems&#39; lethargy and out-of-date assumptions. <br /><br />We need to experience autonomy and sharing. We need to remember we are potentially sovereign peoples. We need to know what &quot;alive&quot; means while there are still some choices to be made.<br /><br />Enough snoring in the face of nationwide reversals and sell-outs of our democratic heritage. Enough just &quot;going along&quot; with popular attitudes of snobbery, class predjuice and bigotry as more and more families are dissected and individuals are crimininalized and drugged for not &quot;conforming.&quot; <br /><br />Hoping for the &#39;steam&#39; to join Peace Walkers.<br /><br />It is so important to at least experience what it feels like to be a free being so we can actively defend ourselves from arbitrary compacting and official tyranny when it occurs.Linda's Hearthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00404971799624206082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074942576875844354.post-37666805572040146252009-12-30T22:31:19.894-08:002009-12-30T22:31:19.894-08:00Great Idea! Loved reading your manifesto. Keep it up, all of us keep democracy alive and kicking!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com