Re: [microsound] completely OT yet so on-topic

[david turgeon <david.t@xxxxxxxx>]

> >microsound per se, but i think neil is right in complaining about
> >artists generally accepting the statu quo nowadays & refusing to learn
> >about the issues.
> Please don't hold back on the gory details, we can handle it. If your
> evidence of such apathy is the lack of discussion on lists such as these,
> you may consider that they've found otherwise appropriate venues for
> their concerns.

that's not exactly it.  i'm talking about general impressions, from
comments artists make when they talk of anything, & also the comments
that they don't make.  i'm also surprised to have received negative
feedback to begin with, where many longer, sloppier off-topic messages
posted on this very list usually fail to raise a single eyebrow.  what
_is_ so shocking about what i said?

i don't mean to judge anyone, & in fact i think this state of affairs is
mostly due to an understandable distrust towards _any_ political
organization, be it left- or right-winged.  this time however, it's not
about supporting a certain party or a given loudmouth; it's about
voicing your concern about things which are being decided behind your
back, things which _will_, by all knowledgeable accounts, make a
sensible difference to you & your friends, family & children.  it's not
about refusing everything (even though the possibility of compromise
continues to be denied by pro-FTAA corpies) but the situation is
critical enough that everybody's concern is absolutely needed.

> Also, someone dealing in abstractions might consider these developments as
> part of the day-to-day minutiae that mark the passage of time and help
> compose the big picture. The worker-ants of history.

yes, but we are worker-ants as well & the big picture is not made of
political events alone.  we must do more than contemplate.

~ david