'The Message'
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
I kinda see this the same way I see the attempts to boycott certain gas station chains on a single day to send a message to the companies. The volumes of items being sold is just so high that even if every single person in fandom sold their TV's and stopped buying DVD's and downloading things from iTunes it would barely register.
I could be wrong on this.
It may not make a dent, but I hope it's pissing off an executive somewhere.
All of the executives I've worked with are so isolated and out in fantasy land they wouldn't get the news if 10,000 fans stood in front of their office and lit themselves on fire.
All of the executives I've worked with are so isolated and out in fantasy land they wouldn't get the news if 10,000 fans stood in front of their office and lit themselves on fire.
Which, actually, I think is one of the strike "fun themes" scheduled for next week.
I've always thought that immolation needed to be a theme.
Each person could soak their clothing in a different mineral and burn in different colors!
Like fireworks, only with the smell of BBQ.
I kinda see this the same way I see the attempts to boycott certain gas station chains on a single day to send a message to the companies.
Those boycotts are stupid for a different reason: They don't affect the amount of gas you use. They just delay when you buy it. Delaying by a day (or a week... or more) the purchase of gas has zero impact on an oil company's bottom line. Now if the boycott was to NOT DRIVE for a day, THAT would make more sense. But most people aren't willing to make that sacrifice.
Sorry. Pet peeve. Don't get me started on car "ribbon" magnets.
Alas, the New Economic Partnership--like, for instance, The Clear Skies Act of 2003, or The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, or Operation Enduring Freedom--is perhaps somewhat at odds with its own title.
Ha! My first reaction to "New Economic Partnership" was that it sounded like the Bush administration named it.
Yeah, doubtful, but it still sits wrong with me to be crossing picket lines, even metaphorically. But I am starting to get confused about what I can and can't let myself watch or buy.
I understand that and certainly appreciate the sentiment. It's amazing to me that people are willing to do stuff like this. I just don't want anyone to feel a sense of obligation to give things up that they like.