Comments on: Resistance Wise and Foolish

By: wilsonrofishing

wilsonrofishing — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:59:56 +0000

Josh/NYU, thanks for dropping by, and thanks for the personal narrative from Ground ZERO of the actual “interruption”!

By the way, I may change the name of this blog to Acre of Independence!

Cheers.

By: Josh Homer

Josh Homer — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:47:54 +0000

I saw some of it go down. It was pathetic, rich kids complaining about how bad NYU is (best school library in the world IMHO) and how they wanted to hurt NYU. How to really hurt them? Go to CUNY.

By: wilsonrofishing

wilsonrofishing — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:28:06 +0000

Did you happen to see any of this go down, NY Law?

By: nyu law libertarian

nyu law libertarian — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:26:14 +0000

“as some one who has been in such a situation, where there is a physical threat of violence to myself and my colleagues in struggle”

Are you serious? You guys are the ones who chose to use violence in the first place. Why should anyone care if you get your head bashed in after you pull the first punch.

You don’t get to just do whatever the hell you want because somewhere in your retarded brain you actually think you are righteous.

By: Alpine McGregor

Alpine McGregor — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:17:12 +0000

I agree thoroughly, wilsonrofishing — we need more resistance groups like TBNYU! Why, the video you posted, in which a student who turns out to attend Muhlenberg (not NYU) bravely rallies his fellows to use democracy in the face of brutal cafeteria repression, stirred my heart. I’m sure somewhere in Gaza, oppressed Palestinians are viewing that video and rallying with glee, eagerly awaiting their acceptance letters from NYU. Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to stake out a sleeping spot in Bobst Library since it should be open to the common rabble like me any day now.

Peace.

By: nicedeb

nicedeb — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:23:24 +0000

Heh! That was a highly charged comment!

By: wilsonrofishing

wilsonrofishing — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:48:42 +0000

Phyre,

thanks for reading as always, and thanks for the thoughtful comment. Yes, the ‘struggle’ against the ‘interruption’ was quite harrowing in the Kimmel building. Luckily, it was documented on video, so nascent civil disobedience movements around the world can view it (again and again and again, hopefully), and inoculate themselves with the courage and wisdom of those brave souls on the balcony. I hope that Take Back NYU! inspires a new standard for civil disobedience in all walks of life. The world would no doubt be a much more peaceful place if all resistance movements were organized and executed like Take Back NYU!

Please excuse me, I have grown thirsty crafting this comment, I am going to go drink some diet coca-cola; oops, I’m out, it looks like it is corporate water for me tonight.

Cheers.

By: phyrecracker

phyrecracker — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:35:47 +0000

wow it’s a good thing you spent all of this time to discredit and insult the work of these people, however flawed, in a highly charged time of emergency.

this looks remarkably like a group of people with privilege doing exactly what such people should do, which is leverage their privilege for important change, rather than sit around hating on their blog and doing shit all for the world.

as some one who has been in such a situation, where there is a physical threat of violence to myself and my colleagues in struggle, you sound awfully like a total poser who doesn’t know what the fuck you’re talking about.