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Topic 30 of 40: cyberactivism

Sun, Oct 18, 1998 (21:55) | Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
Cyberactivism

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 Topic 30 of 40 [internet]: cyberactivism
 Response 1 of 4: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Oct 18, 1998 (21:57) * 81 lines

Ha Ha Ha Ha *8-)

From weston@emoh.n0place.com Sat Oct 17 08:27:21 1998
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 08:27:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: weston
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Subject: wearing a paper bag
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> The following is from
> "An Open Letter from the President of the Friends United in
> Creative Knowledge of the Faceless Attitudes of Corporate
> Entities."
>
>
> *********************************************
>
> "As we all know, in February of this year, a man walked into a Barnes
> and Noble Superstore in Austin, Texas, wearing a paper bag with holes cut
> for his eyes. He approached the front counter and politely asked the
> clerk for assistance in finding a particular book. The clerk immediately
> called for a manager to the front. An assistant manager appeared and
asked
> the man why he was wearing a paper bag on his head. In the now infamous
> reply, the man said: 'I am tired of the corporate attitude which a
> views me merely as a faceless consumer. And I am wearing this paper bag
as
> symbol of my protest against this sort of mind-set.' The assistant
> manager then told him to either remove the bag or leave the store. Not
> willing to give in any further to the disease, the man elected to leave
the
> store.
>
> This event was subsequently reported over the FringeWare News Network
> and Midnight SPecial Bookstore's Disgusted with Superstores Opinion List.
> And here in Dunwitch, a group of us decided that we had also had enough
of
> similar corporate attitudes. It was high time to take action.
> Following the non-violent example of the man in Austin, we began to wear
> paper bags into various Superstores around the area. We met with
> remarkably consistent results: all of us were asked to either remove
> our bags or leave the store. This was to be expected. But it only
further
> stimulated our outrage.
>
> Thus we have decided to hold a nationwide mass protest action at 12:00
> noon on the 23d of November of this year. What we have planned is for
> thousands of paper bag wearing individuals to peacefully enter into
> either Barnes and Noble or Borders Bookstores and browse for
approximately
> 15 minutes. Already, the response to this has been overwhelming.
> Groups of individuals are being organized all over the world to join us
in
> the November 23d protest.
>
> If you are likewise fed up with being treated as a faceless consumer
> by various corporations, please join us with your paper bag on the 23rd
> of November. ... ANd if you are interested in further action, contact us
> at:
> Friends United in Creative Knowledge of the Faceless Attitudes of
> Corporate Entities
> c/o Fringe Ware Bookstore
> 2716 Guadalupe
> Austin, TX 78705

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 Topic 30 of 40 [internet]: cyberactivism
 Response 2 of 4: wer  (KitchenManager) * Sat, Jan 23, 1999 (11:24) * 1 lines

hmmm...don't remember hearing about this in the papers...


 Topic 30 of 40 [internet]: cyberactivism
 Response 3 of 4: netspring (sprin5) * Sat, Jun  3, 2000 (10:55) * 7 lines

Declan Dunn and href="mailto:mnemonic@well.com">Mike Godwin are filing a
motion tomorrow to oppose an effort to shut the press out of the
DVD-movie litigation.

See http://cryptome.org/mpaa-v-2600-gmo.htm for the filing.


 Topic 30 of 40 [internet]: cyberactivism
 Response 4 of 4: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Sat, Jun  3, 2000 (21:01) * 1 lines

That does not sound good...perhaps they will issue joint press releases (most unlikely considering they are in court over this.)

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