[kj] ot: We Want Everyone - Facebook & The New American Right

[ade]

Yes, it's in my vile collection of corporate released dvds. I don't know whether it's so much ANTI all of those things, or more a case of pointing out all what's wrong with them.

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of GREG SLAWSON
Sent: 18 March 2008 03:34
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] ot: We Want Everyone - Facebook & The New American Right


Did anyone ever see the movie (late 80s?) called "THey Live", directed by John Carpenter? Now THAT"S a revolutionary, anti-capitalist, anti-consumerist flick! It's also a fun, funny, sci-fi/action/horror romp too, but the politics are huge!


> From: bq at soundgardener.co.nz

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:19:19 +1300

> Subject: Re: [kj] ot: We Want Everyone - Facebook & The New American Right

> 

> A lot of us went dark at that Manic twat for trying to sell us his

> merchandise when this list was created for KJ fans to discuss KJ etc...so I

> suppose you could say Facebook conjures in some people a similar

> sentiment...although I agree the circumstances are a bit different. One of

> the author's main gripes is the cynical commodititisation,

> electronification, and distancification of basic human interaction, if you

> follow my invented words. The popularity contest with friends lists, that's

> the kind of stuff that REALLY gets on my goat, personally. I mean what,

> aren't all the bullshit messages on billboards, tv, magazines, movies etc

> enough to convince us that life is all about material wealth, populatiry,

> and physical beauty?! The message is so overwhelmingly

> prevalent...personally it disgusts me. Some areas seem to be chock full of

> people all with the perfect haircut, sunglasses, clothes, car etc, and they

> just radiate smug / superior. It's sickly. I could easily turn into one of

> those people if I wanted, but why? I'd quite honestly prefer hanging out

> with EMOs :)

> 

> Re. the sale of personal information to corporates (personal information

> such as bands you like, your location, age, gender, etc). I think he has a

> point, and I think it's relevant to discuss the motives of the creators of

> Facebook too. He may have gone a bit rabid on it...perhaps.

> 

> In terms of conspiracy 'theories'...a question: When a conspiracy theory

> becomes a conspiracy reality...do people take notice? Another question...how

> many people think that Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald? How

> many people with any basic understanding of physics, think that...?

> 

> As Bill Hicks said...Back and to the left...back and to the left...

> 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On

> Behalf Of ade

> Sent: Tuesday, 18 March 2008 10:16 a.m.

> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)

> Subject: Re: [kj] ot: We Want Everyone - Facebook & The New American Right

> 

> Pat-ster,

> 

> I'm surprised you can't see just what a heap of sh!t that so-called

> article is. Wow - big money people invest in things that could be big.

> NOT ONCE have I had to divulge any information such as purchasing

> preferences, ID card details (what fucking ID card??? Is he writing

> from the future???), etc, to Facebook HQ whilst setting up or using

> my account. I find it useful to keep in touch with people from work.

> Neither have I had to divulge anything to Myspace - I have a load of

> Myspace pages for music projects. It's somewhere to upload mp3's!

> 

> And if you think I'm blind to it, a) I'm *proper* paranoid, lol &

> b) I'm a 'techie' - I don't just sign up for anything. I don't want

> the scum to know ANYTHING. In fact, I rarely register for *anything*

> on the web.

> 

> Now, did you post that turd? I bet they'll be x-raying the package.

> They're watching you... ;)

> 

> 

> ade.

> 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net

> [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of iPat

> Sent: 17 March 2008 18:22

> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)

> Subject: Re: [kj] ot: We Want Everyone - Facebook & The New American

> Right

> 

> 

> A shame i wasted my useful time reading that email

> i wonder if i could pen a patronising bit of drivvel as well

> 

> Who knows, maybe e can get some prick to autograph it, though it might

> hide behind pseudonyms to give itself a false platform of

> intelligence.

> 

> ill call it

> 

> "a fart under the covers"

> 

> off now, feel a shit coming on. I ll send it somewhere.

> 

> On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 4:23 PM, The Exorcist

> <killingjoke at theimmortalfool.com> wrote:

> >

> > A shame I wasted my useful time reading that crap.

> > I wonder if I ought to pen a long article about that as well!

> >

> > Who knows, maybe I can have Mr. Tom Hodgkinson autograph it. Though he'll

> > probably use a

> > false signature to avoid detection... Just in case.... Ya know?

> >

> > I'll call it

> >

> > "Angry male who sees conspiracies everywhere and despises successful

> people

> > who have

> > different political views than he does".

> >

> > Maybe I'll submit it to The Guaridan as well. I've heard that they like

> to

> > publish some really crappy articles.

> >

> >

> iPat

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