Comments on: Rally Against Censorship: BrisVegas Post Report http://www.purplefae.com/2008/12/17/rally-against-censorship-brisvegas-post-report/ ...is a good amount of ducks. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:45:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: purplefae http://www.purplefae.com/2008/12/17/rally-against-censorship-brisvegas-post-report/comment-page-1/#comment-3 purplefae Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:35:47 +0000 http://purplefae.wordpress.com/?p=4#comment-3 Last weekend we held a DLC meeting between state coordinators (alas, I was at work so missed out). This issue was discussed and the current action agreed upon is to contact local groups regarding how we can best work together. Like Tiara and many know, we're always going to expect these sorts of groups to have a presence. Prior to the Brissy rally, I did have a 911 truther group contact me requesting permission to bring along 911 material. We exchanged a few emails and it was understood that the material was too off topic for the event. On the day a member of the group did come speak to me. He didn't come with a 911 was an inside job sign or shirt and we only spoke about the filter. Every other truther group i met on the day gave me a pile of papers on off topic info. So hopefully, with more direct contact we can improve on this. Unfortunately, if at the next event we still have groups attending that are continuing to be off topic and it's impacting our message we really will have to get the DLC marshalls taking a more direct approach, at least in regards to the stalls. Last weekend we held a DLC meeting between state coordinators (alas, I was at work so missed out). This issue was discussed and the current action agreed upon is to contact local groups regarding how we can best work together. Like Tiara and many know, we’re always going to expect these sorts of groups to have a presence. Prior to the Brissy rally, I did have a 911 truther group contact me requesting permission to bring along 911 material. We exchanged a few emails and it was understood that the material was too off topic for the event. On the day a member of the group did come speak to me. He didn’t come with a 911 was an inside job sign or shirt and we only spoke about the filter. Every other truther group i met on the day gave me a pile of papers on off topic info. So hopefully, with more direct contact we can improve on this. Unfortunately, if at the next event we still have groups attending that are continuing to be off topic and it’s impacting our message we really will have to get the DLC marshalls taking a more direct approach, at least in regards to the stalls.

]]> By: Sam Clifford http://www.purplefae.com/2008/12/17/rally-against-censorship-brisvegas-post-report/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Sam Clifford Fri, 19 Dec 2008 02:59:43 +0000 http://purplefae.wordpress.com/?p=4#comment-2 Tiara pointed out in the discussions on Livejournal that the splintering of the message is quite common at events with leftist groups' involvement. Someone at Larvatus Prodeo pointed to an EFA organised rally in the 90s where a bus dressed up like a giant joint was the lead "float" in a rally for digital rights. There was also a whole bunch of stuff about banning uranium mining and other "Save the Kakadu Wetlands" stuff. I think it needs to be made abundantly clear to all groups involved that events about internet censorship are about internet censorship. While freeing Lex Wotton, the Israel-Palestine conflict and global warming are all important issues, that's not why we're there. I think there were a number of individuals and groups who were most definitely "off message". Perhaps the DLC marshalls should be directed to stop any "off-message" activity. I'm not saying the DLC need to vet any signs which may be shown before they get hoisted up, but things like selling badges of Che Guevara and the Green Left Weekly really don't help. Tiara pointed out in the discussions on Livejournal that the splintering of the message is quite common at events with leftist groups’ involvement. Someone at Larvatus Prodeo pointed to an EFA organised rally in the 90s where a bus dressed up like a giant joint was the lead “float” in a rally for digital rights. There was also a whole bunch of stuff about banning uranium mining and other “Save the Kakadu Wetlands” stuff.

I think it needs to be made abundantly clear to all groups involved that events about internet censorship are about internet censorship. While freeing Lex Wotton, the Israel-Palestine conflict and global warming are all important issues, that’s not why we’re there. I think there were a number of individuals and groups who were most definitely “off message”.

Perhaps the DLC marshalls should be directed to stop any “off-message” activity. I’m not saying the DLC need to vet any signs which may be shown before they get hoisted up, but things like selling badges of Che Guevara and the Green Left Weekly really don’t help.

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