FW: A message to my countrymen

From: "Br. Cleve" <brcleve@mindspring.com>

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In light of all the blind patriotism being flung around and a general feeling of helplessness against terrorist acts I thought I would spread a little suggestion of how to think globally and act locally.
This text was written by Russ from Organ and Bongos zine

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>We know that Bin Laden and his collaborators, the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan, espouse a radical vision of the world that bans alcohol, drugs, and most forms of popular entertainment; that forces women to cover themselves from head to toe; and that exacts unquestioning obedience to crackpot religious authorities. These zealots have shown a bloodthirsty willingness to inflict mass violence on an international scale to achieve their reactionary aims. But will we give in? Will we allow their terror campaign to cow us into abandoning our freedoms and giving up the ways we choose to live?
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>In response to their violence, we must not curtail, we must redouble our 'decadent' practices that fly in the face of their distorted puritanical views. We must raise our glasses high and defiantly consume whatever it is that makes our world shine. We must form patriotic columns streaming forth into nightclubs, bars, theatres, and casinos. We must offer rousing support for a woman's right to bare her flesh in public. And we must shun the moral preachings of the likes of Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson who merely echo what our adversaries stand for. In a new age of turbulence when freedom and self-determination are once again under siege, we can be heroes by being true to ourselves.
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>For love of God and country, boogie on!


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