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Hey, this has been fun. But these days everyone just wants to use this site to promote penile enlargements and prescription drugs. Graffiti belongs in the streets anyway! Take back the billboards from the Corporations, remind the Bush administration
that we are still watching, and stock up on your favorite colors...
Jill Posener - jillpics@aol.com Berkeley CA USA 2/4/06 |
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Thanks for progressing our collective awareness on both fronts (and rears) regarding female sexuality and feminism. The sexism and violence created by thousands of years of patriarchy are being challenged by your in face, cutting edge, art and prose.
Dona Spring - Donaspring@MindSpring.com Berkeley California USA 12/12/05 |
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our voice can only be heard if we use it, however we get our view across, we need to express ourself and not be silent.
Toni DeMello - artbytoni@yahoo.com Ashland Oregon U.S. 9/19/05 |
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the last presidential election taught us how precious our
right to vote is. you don't know how important something
is until it's been taken away from you. voting is still your
voice. don't let them give you laryngitis.
Michael Wertz - michael@wertzateria.com Oakland CA United States 8/11/04 |
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let see if it really helps
grim - grim_reaper223@yahoo.com lancaster california united states 2/19/04 |
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[there are three ways to voice your opinion:1)voting 2)protest 3)graff
OPTIC - Pat_405@Yahoo.com seattle wa usa 12/19/03 |
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Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting
on what to have for dinner.
Karen McNeil - hikarenmcneil@yahoo.com Oakland California USA 12/3/03 |
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if u dont know where you are going just open your eyes
rudy - salina kansas usa 7/24/03 |
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do it
kevin - 6/11/03 |
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I agree with Vanessa, Illinois. As a 16 year old in Britain, i used to think i lived in a democratic society, what with equal voting rights etc. And i firmly believed that it was not only my right but my duty to vote, thinking of how hard the suffragettes worked and how they suffered to gain the simplest of equalities for women in the 1900s. And i also believed it was unjust to complain about the government unless you vote. Next general election i can use this power, but today i am not so sure if it is even worth it. For a society to be democratic it must klisten to its people - ours doesnt. The recent anti-war movement in the UK, even though it was the biggest ever, made absolutely no difference. It appears that democracy is just dictatorship in disguise. The rulers will do their will regardless of what the public wants. it makes me laugh to see George "idiot boy" Bush (no offence to you people in the US) preaching about democracy and how it will bring peace to the middle east, as though it is the most superior form of society. Perhaps the West needs to review its own system before going round forcing it onto everybody else. Agreed, it is undoubtedly better than a brutal regime that sees people tortured, but its far from perfect. I used to feel proud to live in a democracy like britain where free speech and equality come as standard, now i just dont know. Anyway, sorry about the rant, love the work, saw the cover of the book in my media studies text book (how random!) so just wanted to check out more. Thanks!
Sara - girlintheatticuk@yahoo.com Rugby England 6/4/03 |
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this is cool..
Marino Jensen - marinothj@yahoo.no Narvik Nordland Norway 5/8/03 |
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i vote. i think it's fun. i like the old ladies that collect the ballots. it's cool to look at these bassackwards mouthbreathers and speculate on their opinions. i don't care at all what the results turn out to be. fuck 'em, i do it.
sara - sarah78656@hotmail.com Monowi NE 1/25/03 |
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The graffiti artist makes a good point, and
is probably correct. Oh well. I still vote,
and voted for Nader last time. Thought he
meant what he said more, much more,
than anyone else in the running, so he
was my choice. Voting's like getting
married -- declaring yourself -- and I want
to keep doing that when I can. Thanks,
Jill, for declaring yourself, saying what you
think, being true to yourself - yes!
Barbara Speed - speed@fletcho.com Richmond CA USA 6/6/02 |
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Up until the Al Gore/George Bush election, I thought voting was very important if you wanted to voice your opinion. I thought we as a nation had the opportunity to elect who we wanted to lead us. Then I found out Al Gore won the popular vote meaning he should be our president right? WRONG!! Instead we find out George Bush won the presidency because of the electoral college or something like that. Anyways the point is that just goes to tell us as Ameicans we don't have a say as to what goes on in D.C. That's the way I look at. I'm not discouraging voting that's up to each individual.
Vanessa - vs_10483@yahoo.com Joliet Illinois usa 4/7/02 |
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Ah,Yes! One's freedom to...(The facade our society lives with today). The original foundation on which our country began. Exactly how free are we NOW? As long as we comform to the rules of the box designated by our thoughtful political(voted-in)members we are INDEED FREE! Ask the homeless,poverty stricken,jobless,single mothers,and frustrated teenagers how FREE they feel/are. The ability/freedom to vote is not the core issue. The core issue is WHAT/WHO we have to choose from. Do I choose the lesser of the two dark forces? Bottom line is those we Want running do not make it in the voting club. Lack of FINANCIAL backing or squeezed out because they might try to change their institued system. Yes, I do vote, hoping somehow it will make a difference,but it's my daily participating activities within my family and community that I rely on to truly make a difference for our world.
April Boozer - feetfirst@prodigy.net Atlanta GA US 3/26/02 |
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if voting didn't matter you would not
be able to speak your mind so go
ahead and dont vote just dont bitch
about the government if you haven't
at least used the tools available to
you. I like your other work though
emma - zumbergm@carleton.edu northfield usa 1/19/02 |
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Hi Jill, This is so fancy and fun! Here's my opinion about the wall graffit on the meaningfulness of voting: It HAS been illegal at many times in history for certain people to vote, like women and slaves in teh country, for example. And then there have been so many years of crooked voting "acts" that were designed to keep African_Americans out of the polls. All of that indicates just how dangerous a full-voting society is. Now we have Republicans trying to stop citizen from registering in convenient ways, like at the DMV, because they really need teh electorate to be kept small and elitist. So voting is not this safe democratic harbor that everyone feels is accessiable to them. I am sympathetic though, to the idea that voting alone is not goign to make social change, and that it can seem really superficial at times. Plus, I usually find myself voting strategically. I have to vote for Gray Davis not because he's so great, but because his main opponent, Lungren, is a religious fantatic. And so on! Jill, I bet you know I think this already, but I jut love to participate!
Susie Bright - Santa Cruz US 12/28/98 |