The Green Man August 30, 2006

Resist

The internet is still a wild and untamed medium. On the internet all kinds of content flourishes and only the worst extremes are checked. It is a two edged sword however and floating on the flood of purile and culturally worthless content are islands of thoughtful expression of free speach.

Mass media is more pervasive and more intrusive into our lives than at any time in human history and the opportunity for nation-wide promolgation of thoughts and opinions approved of by the current administration has never been greater.

If we take the "War On Terror", which The Green Man has pointed out before is a semantically nonsensical phrase, it seems that to question its motives or actions taken in its name is to be un-Insert your countries name here

In that case resist.com.au falls definitely into that category. Artistic, at times confronting and definitely questioning the extent to which the emperor is clothed it is one of the islands of intelligent free thought floating in the river of banality.

To quote Arundhati Roy in one of the clips

It is dangerous to cede to the Indian government, or the American goverment, or anyone for that matter the right to define what India or America are, or ought to be. ... To call someone anti-Indian or anti-American is not just racist but a failure of the imagination, an inability to see the world in any way other than that the establishment has set out for you.
Vew the clip here

Resis.com.au cannot be accused of a failure of the imagination and is well worth a visit.

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Posted by GreenMan at August 30, 2006 03:35 PM
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I note the site, resist.com.au, which you so heartily recommend has discussion forums on conspiracies (the 9-11 events were planned by the US Goverment, that sort of thing), and information supportive of illegal drug use.

Does the Greenman believe this sort of conspiratorial junk? Does the Greenman support recreational use if illegal drugs?

Posted by: Spliffo at September 9, 2006 05:33 PM

resist.com.au contains discussion fora that, given the nature of their content, will attract all sorts of comment.

I heartily recommend resist.com.au because it provides insightful examination of some of the most contentious issues confronting us at the moment. Now more than ever we need information sources that question the prevailing ideaology.

I have not been through the site with a fine tooth comb and there may well be stuff that I do not agree with but that is the nature of free speach. It would not diminish my respect for the site.

wrt illicit drug use for recreational purposes I neither actively support it nor oppose it. Like many things it is a matter of personal choice. Each person chooses their own path.

Posted by: Greenman at September 10, 2006 02:01 PM
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