After tonight's organizational GA/workshops for the OccupyBayStreet/OccupyToronto event on Saturday I see the Toronto Elites taking it over. Under 35. Mostly white. Mostly male. Many of them paying attention more to their devices(smartphones/cameras) instead of the gathering of real live engaged and motivated human beings. Many of them with agendas that vary from political kowtowing to union participation. And a lot of smokers (wtf?!).
If you were there, you know of what I speak.
Sigh.
Revolutions are difficult. I'm glad this one is not armed.
I sympathize. Although maybe a lot of individuals were communicating the messages of the general assembly to their friends during the GA? lets hope. It was my first time at a GA... I wasn't on my cell phone or smoking but I still didn't speak. I predict this will change come saturday.
ReplyDeleted: Yes, getting the message out is important! I guess I'm just a cranky middle aged person that was a little irritated by the constant stop-pause-and-tweet/click that I saw some facilitators doing. Multi-tasking has become a way of life and I'm not sure that it does much for our ability to actively listen. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteI liked the food guy when he said, '..and more donations coming in all the time...' - then looked at his phone to see if their were any new texts - (presumably the sandwiches?).
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