war

["raymond anderson" <daisysaint2002@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I like this list a lot and the current threads re: technology and war 
politics.

Although i am learning a great deal from the various contributions I find 
that we are succumbing to the culture of war and its antagonistic stance. 
For years now I have struggled with a colonial and colonised mindset and 
there are wars on so many levels now, that even the appraisal of information 
is itself a cultural and ideological battlefield.

As a UK citizen I have to address ant- americanism in all its generality. 
Our democratic societies , at root, are the the extensions of all our 
personal desires embodied in a political system. If it were not, would we 
not challenge it? Therefore the UK , historically and currently with the US 
and various Western democracies in their pursuit of economic hegemony are 
the major source of the current climate of conflict.

I have looked at global  mechanisms for challenging this "way of life"and I 
am hopeful that a nomadic migrant self determination can be produced to 
filter the mainstream culture. This list itself is one example of a forum 
for information and discourse

On a personal level its down to the individual and their appraisal of their 
place in their intimate communities The "battle" for "hearts and minds" is 
waged there. Our use of cultural resources as "artists" of technology can be 
used to "liberate" community oppression and produce "uprisings" which 
challenge the personal detachment that we as viewers of distant power 
structures and powerplays feel impotent to influence.

I am responsible for any pain and conflict I see. As a resident of an 
economically and culturally deprived urban construction, I endure it daily.
Are you prepared to accept your responsibility?

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