Ed got the book her referenced. I have yet to read it. But don't despair! The thing is if enough people get pissed off and noisy about it change can happen. Truly. It seems impossible but I have faith that it can.
Instead of the mosquito biting the iron bull, think of the drops of water on the rock . Meg Christian set to music a song by Holly Near. The song is a very feminist song about rape and such but the chorus always stuck with me as truly inspiring: CAN WE BE LIKE DROPS OF WATER FALLING ON THE STONE SPLASHING, BREAKING DISBURSING IN AIR WEAKER THAN THE STONE BY FAR BUT BE AWARE THAT AS TIME GOES BY THE ROCK WILL WEAR AWAY AND THE WATER COMES AGAIN
I tell everyone I meet why I am trying really hard not to use any corporate mcfood places anymore, why I try to shop at small local stores, why I won't use Wal-Mart, and why I do use Costco (which I've read good things about as Corporations go). BTW - Ed found out that Google apparently lists as one of their ten business principles: You can make money without doing evil. http://www.google.com/intl/en/corporate/tenthings.html I like that.
Anyway - I'm not claiming to be a model non-corporate consumer yet but I'm trying and if enough of us try well... as Margaret Mead said: "Never underestimate the power of a few committed people to change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
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Have Faith! Don't Despair! (or maybe "Don't Panic!"?)
Date: 2005-05-19 02:44 pm (UTC)Instead of the mosquito biting the iron bull, think of the drops of water on the rock . Meg Christian set to music a song by Holly Near. The song is a very feminist song about rape and such but the chorus always stuck with me as truly inspiring:
CAN WE BE LIKE DROPS OF WATER FALLING ON THE STONE
SPLASHING, BREAKING DISBURSING IN AIR
WEAKER THAN THE STONE BY FAR BUT BE AWARE
THAT AS TIME GOES BY THE ROCK WILL WEAR AWAY
AND THE WATER COMES AGAIN
I tell everyone I meet why I am trying really hard not to use any corporate mcfood places anymore, why I try to shop at small local stores, why I won't use Wal-Mart, and why I do use Costco (which I've read good things about as Corporations go). BTW - Ed found out that Google apparently lists as one of their ten business principles: You can make money without doing evil.
http://www.google.com/intl/en/corporate/tenthings.html I like that.
Anyway - I'm not claiming to be a model non-corporate consumer yet but I'm trying and if enough of us try well... as Margaret Mead said: "Never underestimate the power of a few committed people to change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."