My Musings

I've been thinking about something that aroused my thoughts during the passing of the stick at Mitcheldean. There were talks about how they will act if an eviction went ahead and I raised an issue regarding their attitude towards people within 'the sytem' which I found derogative. They made the point that they percieved 'the system' as amoral (which is undeniable) and that they wished to state their opposition to 'the system' by not conforming in anyway with it. This could take on the form of resistance such as in an eviction situation. But as I see it this is the problem with such groups; they wish to change 'the system' but are unwilling to mediate with it. Public image is going effect public opinion which is obviously an important part of getting people on board with a movement, It needs to be inclusive to have an effect. The workshops and public events are designed to do this but on a more fundamental level the perosonal attitudes of the individual activist and the desire to conform to a particular lifestyle only serves to be exclusive. They become trapped by their ideologies and their sense of identity. From my personal experience in a public facing job I can say that the opinion of people from within 'the system' is that activists are dirty and that their ideologies are unrealistic, its not that this person is ignorant or amoral its only that they know a particular way of life and it is my opinion that until the activist can learn to mediate with that lifestyle the eviction will always be round the corner and 'the system' will remain unchanged.