Forum Post: This movement isn't serious until somebody dies.
Posted 12 years ago on Oct. 12, 2011, 2:21 a.m. EST by realcarrera
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Ever heard of Martin Luther King? The man died. Malcolm X? The man died. Che Guevara? The man died. JFK? The man died. Jesus?...
They all died in order for their movement to be taken seriously. We need a leader and this leader has to be ready to die for this cause.
I heard gwbush is looking for a job... ;)
We should all be willing to lay our lives down to build a better world for our children... Think how corrupt a world they will live in. They can build an army if robots to do there slave work for them, im sure they can afford it, We should all just Stop.... Stop Consuming, Stop Obeying, Start Living life
Maybe that is a way to an end, start up barter communities in areas abandoned by the financial crisis. I hear parts of vegas are full of empty houses that noone wants, Detroit too.
You don't have to die to be taken seriously, lol.
I respectfully disagree but yes you do. Ghandi was ready to die in order to be taken seriously and he stopped a war. What's that? A gimmick?
Event #1 was the pepper spray, which got attention of the internet. Event #2 was 700 arrested on BK bridge, which got the attention of the world.
Being willing to die and dying are two different things.
You're correct. The former is what I mean.
OK, I'm with you there.
Dr. King was pretty well respected and "taken seriously" for quite a while before his death. To varying degrees, so were the rest. Troll on, trolla.
Does this sound off topic to you?
Hey man, don't blame me, it's your idiotic thread.
So what have all these things from history meant to you? Have they all been idiotic movements? Idiotic causes? Idiotic leaders?
No... what is idiotic is the idea that to "get taken seriously" and enact any change we need
a) a leader
b) a dead leader
2 words...
Self immolation.
Fine. I'll start my hunger strike next week.
Too peaceful man. Too peaceful. If you're in the crowd right now stand up and proclaim yourself the leader. If you're at home then you're not at the right place.
obvious troll is obvious.
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