by jenz » Fri Oct 28, 2005 4:13 am
I was very taken with this idea HH which has great symbolism, is likely to pull in many dynamic young people who can organise making and depositing them - where I live there are people shaped reminders erected by side of roads where people have been killed on the road - intention to alter driving habits, but the millstones is brilliant. I had similar emotive symbolic ideas around carving names on trees and lighting candles round Christmas trees for each lost or damaged child, but I really love the idea of putting a heavy lump of stone down where all can see, a durable memorial and symbol, which couldn't be removed as an eyesore, like say graffiti messages tend to be. need organisation, negotiation with quarry owners, and art student groups to do the initial sculpting. to avoid possible upset to individual families the stone could have something like 'a child' carved on it, instead of each name.<br><br>letters I, and many others I know do; however not anonymously.my purpose in this has been 2 fold. first, though you often don't get through to the intended big wig recipient, there is an army of secretaries or junior civil servants etc who will see the thing. If you keep the correspondence going, picking up on all the discrepancies and non answered questions, it is one way to possibly reach a wider group of people. After all, everyone has someone they care about who is vulnerable, and most people have friends outside work whom they talk to. second, you build up a dossier (a bit like antiaristo's) which is ripening nicely, and which demonstrates the lies.<br><br>I don't overstate the importance or success of this, but I think that even though our democracies are in name only, to an extent PTB have to rely on passivity if not consent. <br>Similarly, contributing to forums like this, which people knock as being pointless from time to time, does keep the battered flag flying. (no, not the one bush sr lines his jacket<br> with )<br><br>I understand that some people feel too vulnerable to write with their own name and address. so anonymous is fine too.<br><br><br><br> <p></p><i></i>