Comments on: We Are At War! http://stilgherrian.com/politics/we-are-at-war/ All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive les poissons rouges sauvages! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:24:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Richard http://stilgherrian.com/politics/we-are-at-war/#comment-3 Richard Sun, 26 Feb 2006 03:12:48 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/wp/?p=12#comment-3 I remain unconvinced by the “suppression of dissent” meme, and I suspect it’s invoked by those who want to glamorise themselves as dangerous, sexy samizdatniks -- and sell a shitload of product into the bargain. The shelves of major chain bookshops like Borders are full of glossy pro-dictator screeds by old frauds like Chomsky and Pilger, while Michael Moore’s books and DVDs are piled high in that hotbed of revolution, K-Mart. Anti-war activists continue to occupy the busiest shopping thoroughfare in Melbourne, and plaster their posters over any vertical surface in the city. As yet, they have not been tear-gassed and clubbed into submission by the Praetorian Guard of capitalism (aka “the police”). Satirical TV is still alive (if not exactly well, viz. <i>The Glass House</i>), and anti-American bias remains hardwired into the Fairfax press. Within 30 seconds anyone can find “underground” sites like Indymedia, MoveOn or Daily Kos on the WWW, complete with ads. “New McCarthyism”? I think not. I remain unconvinced by the “suppression of dissent” meme, and I suspect it’s invoked by those who want to glamorise themselves as dangerous, sexy samizdatniks — and sell a shitload of product into the bargain.

The shelves of major chain bookshops like Borders are full of glossy pro-dictator screeds by old frauds like Chomsky and Pilger, while Michael Moore’s books and DVDs are piled high in that hotbed of revolution, K-Mart.

Anti-war activists continue to occupy the busiest shopping thoroughfare in Melbourne, and plaster their posters over any vertical surface in the city. As yet, they have not been tear-gassed and clubbed into submission by the Praetorian Guard of capitalism (aka “the police”).

Satirical TV is still alive (if not exactly well, viz. The Glass House), and anti-American bias remains hardwired into the Fairfax press.

Within 30 seconds anyone can find “underground” sites like Indymedia, MoveOn or Daily Kos on the WWW, complete with ads.

“New McCarthyism”? I think not.

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