RoundSparrow

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Israel has suspended the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza and resumed targeting Palestinian civilians in c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
[–] RoundSparrow@lemm.ee 8 points 12 hours ago

The clergy are failing all of humanity in not calling out the hate patterns in the middle east from all across the world. People need to stop grey-rocking Malala and promote her teachings.

“If one man can destroy everything, why can't one girl change it?” ― Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, October 8, 2013

“In his pocket he kept a poem written by Martin Niemöller, who had lived in Nazi Germany. First they came for the communists, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a communist. Then they came for the socialists, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn’t speak out because I was not a Catholic. Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak for me.” ― Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, October 8, 2013

9.9xxx years before October 7, 2023.

London protester - "Clothing is anti-environmental, but it also creates a new environment. It is also anti- the elements and anti-enemies" - 1968 in c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
[–] RoundSparrow@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago (6 children)

What am I trying to say? A woman in London yesterday was protesting Putin/Russia to support Ukraine. She is using symbolism of clothing. University of Toronto professor Marshall McLuhan described women using clothing against enemies in a 1968 book for deeper understanding of how she is fighting against Putin.

London protester - "Clothing is anti-environmental, but it also creates a new environment. It is also anti- the elements and anti-enemies" - 1968 in c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
[–] RoundSparrow@lemm.ee 6 points 5 days ago (8 children)

you are flinging shit at the wall and shrugging.

You think Canadian professor Marshall McLuhan is "shit" to fling? Canada is supporting Ukraine. I really don't get your line of questioning here as a moderator.

London protester - "Clothing is anti-environmental, but it also creates a new environment. It is also anti- the elements and anti-enemies" - 1968 in c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
[–] RoundSparrow@lemm.ee 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (10 children)

If you don’t know what you’re talking about why did you post this?

How do we know what the woman in London yesterday is specifically referencing? She was at the US Embassy, so it must be Trump related?

Her sign seems professionally designed and printed.

London protester - "Clothing is anti-environmental, but it also creates a new environment. It is also anti- the elements and anti-enemies" - 1968 in c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
[–] RoundSparrow@lemm.ee 15 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (13 children)

June 2023

This might help people ? Not sure if directly related.

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London protester - "Clothing is anti-environmental, but it also creates a new environment. It is also anti- the elements and anti-enemies" - 1968 in c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
[–] RoundSparrow@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago

James Joyce apparently wrote the post title and description underneath

University of Toronto professor Marshall McLuhan's words.

London protester - "Clothing is anti-environmental, but it also creates a new environment. It is also anti- the elements and anti-enemies" - 1968 in c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
[–] RoundSparrow@lemm.ee 4 points 6 days ago

The post has a link to Wikipedia about 1968 book by Canadian professor.

"War and Peace in the Global Village is a 1968 book by Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore. It contains a collage of images and text that illustrates the effects of electronic media and new technology on man. Marshall McLuhan used James Joyce's Finnegans Wake as a major inspiration for this study of war throughout history as an indicator as to how war may be conducted in the future"

That future is now.

London protester - "Clothing is anti-environmental, but it also creates a new environment. It is also anti- the elements and anti-enemies" - 1968 in c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
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London protester - "Clothing is anti-environmental, but it also creates a new environment. It is also anti- the elements and anti-enemies" - 1968 (lemm.ee)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/57405501

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"As with hit tunes and hit pictures and hit entertainments, fashion rushes in to fill the vacuum in our senses created by technological displacements. Perhaps that is why it seems to be the expression of such a colossal preference while it lasts. James Joyce gives it a key role in Finnegans Wake in his section on the Prankquean. The Prankquean is the very expression of war and aggression. In her life, clothing is weaponry: "I'm the queen of the castle and you're the dirty rascal." In the very opening line of Finnegans Wake — "riverrun, past Eve and Adam's..."— Joyce thus indicates the reversal of nature that has taken place since the fall of man. It is not the world of Adam and Eve, but one in which there is priority of Eve over Adam. Clothing as weaponry had become a primary social factor. Clothing is anti-environmental, but it also creates a new environment. It is also anti- the elements and anti-enemies and anti- competitors and anti-boredom." - Page 21, 1968 "War and Peace in the Global Village", Marshall McLuhan