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Post by Aleksandra Odinsova on Mar 9, 2005 16:47:22 GMT -5
"I wonder if these shoes are made of real Zebra. I hope they are. I hate animals." I say say to Tanya as I step out of the changing room in a python skin skirt.
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Post by toivo on Mar 9, 2005 16:53:41 GMT -5
I listen as the speaker talks about how he's tired of the green party being perceived as nothing but an environmentalist group. He goes on about how they are about social justice, etc. etc...
"Truth be told, I hadn't put much thought into the matter, and I feel bad not being able to put my money where my mouth is... But you're right, two genders isn't nearly enough. In some Innuit tribes, they have over a dozen different genders."
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Post by Cambridge Brackenfield on Mar 9, 2005 16:54:43 GMT -5
Cambridge steps towards the stranger. Sie has been obsessing about hir weight all morning again. It is a hard thing to get over.
"I don't think you have met me before. I am some no name socialist from England. You can call me Cambridge. Are you here for the socialist convention?"
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Post by Sakari Lehtinen on Mar 9, 2005 17:02:10 GMT -5
Sakari wakes up, having not remembered falling asleep, and examines his pillow. No surprise seeing a clown like caricature of his face outlined in makeup.
I get up, and walk into the bathroom, then proceed to wash off my face. I then change into my normal ratty and boyish clothes, and head back out to the socialist convention, wondering how Cambridge is doing.
Sakari makes a pit stop at a vending machine and gets himself a Dr. Pepper, then heads to the meeting, Dr. Pepper in hand. In route, he begins to feel depressed about finding American vending machines in the heart of a former communist nation, but that is washed away by the unusually warm weather.
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Post by Lan Zheng-Lafleur on Mar 9, 2005 17:04:29 GMT -5
I board a plane for Ireland, where I will be for the next week now. The flight will take seven hours or so, but I am of course used to it.
I read Madeleine Albright's biography by Thomas Blood to devour some of that time. I am not a fan of Albright, but figure it will give me insight to the history American Foreign policy.
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Post by alex on Mar 9, 2005 17:09:34 GMT -5
Alex keeps the car on the road now then enters into the Suburbs. Lets not kill things. Thats bad. What else would you like to do? he said passing a large Truck on the highway.
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Post by Salome Weil on Mar 9, 2005 17:09:36 GMT -5
I say goodbye to my parents, and as expected they give me some money for my ticket to America. I know I shouldn't rely on them so much. I am 28 and want to be free of their handouts. I try to justify it that I have important work for the International Anarchist Coalition, and don't worry about it as much as I normally would. I head to the airport and before the day is done, I am on my way to meet John and Nea.
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Post by dariya on Mar 9, 2005 17:13:34 GMT -5
"Killing isn't bad. Why is killing bad? Life has no value. Come on, you're a capitalist business guy, you can't possibly care about people or animals."
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Post by Heikki Toivonen on Mar 9, 2005 17:16:15 GMT -5
"So tell me about Das Ende. I have never met an organized group of nihilists. I wasn't sure they existed. Had I known, I wouldn't have been wasting my time with those other terrorists." Heikki says, ignoring some of the other comments that had been made.
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Post by alex on Mar 9, 2005 17:26:50 GMT -5
Lets kill animals that dont mean anything. But first, we need a vehicle to do that. He turned across 4 lanes of traffic and went off the road and onto a separat road.
20 minutes later, and after visiting Alex's home car collection, they zipped off of the road, into the rocks. They were driving in Alexs Humvee H1 and they were smushing any animal.
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Post by dariya on Mar 9, 2005 17:31:03 GMT -5
"Whoo hoo, look at them run! Faster faster! let's get that rabbit!"
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Post by Valodya Bassarov on Mar 9, 2005 17:49:25 GMT -5
Bassarov and Selja head back to the meeting of socialists. He has been struggling to find some common ground with her. He doesn't mind her company, but she seems a little out of place here.
Bassarov decides that it is finally time for him to speak.
"I often hear the same tired arguments used again and again on why socialism will not work. We all have. The arguments are the same today as they were in 1920. People are too greedy, people want more, this is all human nature."
"Private property...class, this is something new to humanity. It has only existed a mere 6,000 years. It wasn't human nature then. Human nature....is something defined by society. Humans change with each new system. From Bronze Age to Iron age....to Slavedom to Serfdom...to capitalism....to socialism. Humans have changed and can change again. Humanity is what we decide it to be. It is what we as a society decide to put forth as the desireable qualities in a human. That is human nature. Human nature, like so many other things, is a human invention. This is why we can collectively decide to elevate ourselves above this greed or selfishness. We need to do this for the survival of humanity."
"But I don't need to tell any of you this. I suppose this is for the doubters. I think the fact that so many are here is evidence that human nature isn't bad. We are all humans. We give our time and lives for the cause of bettering humanity. Others are following suit. Most people in their own way, are angry with the injustice they see, however, unlike us, they have not yet articulated a solution to it. There is a great deal of hope and potential in the silent frustrations of what appears to be an apathetic populace. It simply needs a catalyst...it needs to be honed. But the true human spirit can not be squelched by the artificial definitions of human nature placed upon it by capitalism..."
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Post by Sarah "Fish" Fischer on Mar 9, 2005 17:56:07 GMT -5
"I don't know nearly as much about that as I would like to, only bits and pieces. I definitely plan on visiting the gender studies and anthropology people at school and learning more."
Dylan sighs and crosses hir arms.
"I am so tired of these people who preach to the choir. Seriously, do we really need to hear about what the Green Party is about? We're members, aren't we? This is like someone talking about how there should be a revolution at a revolutionary socialist meeting."
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Post by Valodya Bassarov on Mar 9, 2005 17:58:02 GMT -5
(oh ha ha)
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Post by alex on Mar 9, 2005 18:00:05 GMT -5
Its a Hummer not a Ferrari. Its floored. They chased down the animal.
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