:: blame the extended gestation.... ::

:: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 ::

So i've been stuck at an ethical fork in the road... its 20 bucks to go to san fran for the solidarity march... do I go? Because I know I should. I know I would be important as another number, which is the only way people with signs and banging on drums ever are, its such a joke. But the bigger the better. No publicity is bad publicity ya know. But at the same time, being selfish (and self-rightous), do I want to spend the day muttering under my breath "I don't like you" "You're a moron" "You are doing this cause some mythical being told you to be nice" "You're a fascist, like me" (we don't like our own). THe brilliance of the system is to change anything it takes organization or money... and organization means you have to stand your fellow human beings. And fact is I don't. Its an irrational pyschological creation of mine, but the rational side of me understands my own pettyness... so I split the differece. I'm sending the 20 bucks to the Sacto peace action network... organization or money. I'll pay some bills at least. Plus I can spend that day working on school... which is quite a radical action for me.

:: Jim Nichols 4/09/2002 11:27:00 PM [+] ::
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