[lit-ideas] Re: Katrina
- From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2005 23:26:26 +0100
Sunday, September 4, 2005, 8:35:42 PM, Eric Yost wrote:
EY> Andreas on thinking for oneself: Their on-the-spot self-organized
EY> representatives and leaders could have spoken with journalists and
EY> gotten the word out, instead of those horrible images of squalor and
EY> misery.
EY> Eric: I agree. However we do live in a control society. Everything
EY> is either not safe or illegal. Taking public action without the
EY> approval of authorities is particularly suspect these days. We don't
EY> even have decent April Fool's Days here anymore--people are afraid
EY> of getting into trouble with pranks.
the people in New Orleans have spoken to journalists and got the word
out. The Dome was policed by National Guardsmen and police who
themselves could have got the word out. (I'm not sure what word
didn't get out, frankly: except to FEMA, it appears.)
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