:-))
Yes, it was a little arrogant of me to assume that all academics are not
'activists,' and for that I apologise. Having said that, I don't apologise
for souding weary of anarchism; or, in particular, the issue of copyright: I
just don't see what it is intended to achieve. Does someone with a
miserable existence in sub-standard housing and suffering discrimination
really feel better because people are concerned about the 'commodification'
of ideas? Personally, I think most is achieved when we're working with what
we have: okay, we have a crap, unjust and unequal economic system where
greed seems to be the key player, but there is no way that that is going to
change in the forseeable future, and even if it does, you can bet it will be
replaced by one that is just as rotten in its own way. After all, by
becoming academics, aren't we becoming part of the system to?
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>You are of course assuming that we all don't. I know for a fact that there
>are plenty of activist-academics on this list. Maybe you might be weary of
>the 'spirit of anarchism' (or other 'revolutionary' ethic), but for some it
>actually means something in their everyday lives. Having this discussion
>doesn't prevent you from doing things (I hope), and if it does then maybe
>you should look at yourself not make assumptions about what everyone else
>is doing :)
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>In repsonse to Pam, I think that academic work would be worth less if that
>was all we did, however I hop that most people on this forum are 'more'
>then academics (that is the point of it, isn't it?)... so, don't be
>disheartened...
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>David.
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>The LIE:
>"We believe food should be grown with less pesticide"
>(Monsanto advert)
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>The TRUTH:
>Monsanto is the 2nd largest pesticide company in the world and saw a 22%
>increase in pesticide sales to $3,126 Billion in 1997.
>(Source: Panna, May 6th 1998)
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