Long Duck Dong
Apr 9, 2010, 8:00 PM
recently people have noticed how I have refered to not making waves, no stirring the boat, take the victory and run.......... and due to a inability to ask for clarification from me about my stance.... I will share what leads me to make statements like that...so others can see that maybe I am merely taking common sense.....
the lgbt ( in the us and other countries ) face a long fight and a hard one..... but the trouble with fighting is that often we get so caught up in the fight and the thrill of the victory, that we forget there is a time to stop fighting....
unfortunately in nz, its happening..... what was once a honorable fight, has turned into something that is hurting nz and serving no purpose
the fight began about 25 years ago, with nz's stance against us ships in our harbors.... a anti nuclear weapon stance... that can be good or bad depending on you view points......
the nz goverment supported the stance, and stood against the us..... we gained a trade tariff and loss of us support for our stance, but shit happens....
that is the point that the protestors should have STFU...... and they didn't, they had won..... and wanted that thrill again, they have won on their stance of a clean and green nz......
so they fought for enviromental rights on a new front... power generation and dams..... winning more victories, against the creation of new dams, hydro and coal / gas / oil dams.... and they were even happier.... but the energy demands of nz were growing, not the energy supply..... nz started to have to deal with brown outs ( power reduction )
currently 25 years later, the same protestors are now fighting against renewable energy sources... such as wind farms.... claiming that they are ugly, and to not fit with the environment......
the interesting aspect is that 20 years ago, they were fighting against dams and demanding more emphasis on renewable / clean energy sources..... such as wind turbine farms..... now they are fighting against them...and the government is sorting out building new dams to avoid black outs in nz due to a excessive drain on power supply.......
the activitists and protestors had won a good fight... then become blinded by their own wins...... and now they are losing all the ground they once had
the fight for civil rights is the same..... we fight the good fight... we win.... we NEED to move to the next target...... not look at the same issue and continue to fight it until we lose all the ground we have gained.....
with the prom issue, it went to court, the fight was won.... we should have moved on..... instead, there are flame wars on the internet, in forums like face book..... and allies that we may have had, are stepping back, to avoid the flame wars that serve no purpose and win no battles, and we lose allies that we need
flame wars do not gain court rulings.... unless its ones over libel and slander etc..... and they really do not benefit the fight for equal rights in any way.....
so yeah I advocate not making waves..... as there is no point in reaching a safe port of call ( a court ruling ) then sailing right back out into the same bloody storm again .......
may the good fights continue to be fought and won...... may equal rights be won...... and may we log into this site one day to hear the victory cries as the us gains the right to civil union / marriage rights for all, equally, and the removal of DADT......
but may it not be lost again because people suddenly want to marry their dogs and cats or play dress up / kissing buddies in the middle of a fire fight..... cos thats when activism turns to ignorance....
the lgbt ( in the us and other countries ) face a long fight and a hard one..... but the trouble with fighting is that often we get so caught up in the fight and the thrill of the victory, that we forget there is a time to stop fighting....
unfortunately in nz, its happening..... what was once a honorable fight, has turned into something that is hurting nz and serving no purpose
the fight began about 25 years ago, with nz's stance against us ships in our harbors.... a anti nuclear weapon stance... that can be good or bad depending on you view points......
the nz goverment supported the stance, and stood against the us..... we gained a trade tariff and loss of us support for our stance, but shit happens....
that is the point that the protestors should have STFU...... and they didn't, they had won..... and wanted that thrill again, they have won on their stance of a clean and green nz......
so they fought for enviromental rights on a new front... power generation and dams..... winning more victories, against the creation of new dams, hydro and coal / gas / oil dams.... and they were even happier.... but the energy demands of nz were growing, not the energy supply..... nz started to have to deal with brown outs ( power reduction )
currently 25 years later, the same protestors are now fighting against renewable energy sources... such as wind farms.... claiming that they are ugly, and to not fit with the environment......
the interesting aspect is that 20 years ago, they were fighting against dams and demanding more emphasis on renewable / clean energy sources..... such as wind turbine farms..... now they are fighting against them...and the government is sorting out building new dams to avoid black outs in nz due to a excessive drain on power supply.......
the activitists and protestors had won a good fight... then become blinded by their own wins...... and now they are losing all the ground they once had
the fight for civil rights is the same..... we fight the good fight... we win.... we NEED to move to the next target...... not look at the same issue and continue to fight it until we lose all the ground we have gained.....
with the prom issue, it went to court, the fight was won.... we should have moved on..... instead, there are flame wars on the internet, in forums like face book..... and allies that we may have had, are stepping back, to avoid the flame wars that serve no purpose and win no battles, and we lose allies that we need
flame wars do not gain court rulings.... unless its ones over libel and slander etc..... and they really do not benefit the fight for equal rights in any way.....
so yeah I advocate not making waves..... as there is no point in reaching a safe port of call ( a court ruling ) then sailing right back out into the same bloody storm again .......
may the good fights continue to be fought and won...... may equal rights be won...... and may we log into this site one day to hear the victory cries as the us gains the right to civil union / marriage rights for all, equally, and the removal of DADT......
but may it not be lost again because people suddenly want to marry their dogs and cats or play dress up / kissing buddies in the middle of a fire fight..... cos thats when activism turns to ignorance....