ok, well today was... interesting. (sorry if this sounds like a blog)
the drummer from ok go came to my school and i wasnt there for it, but my friend said that it was just a Q and A and one of the questions was:
"whats your favorite band"
he said (paraphrasing):
"i dont know, but ive been listening to a lot of dubstep lately"
dont get put off by the mention of dubstep, thats not the main part of this
he was also asked:
"what about pirating music?"
(paraphrasing) "well, i dont care. come to our shows where we work for the money we get. thats where out real money comes from"
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so, theres all this labor union stuff going on in wisconsin, and im a bit fuzzy on it all, but i still more know more than most of some fucktards that got me pissed today.
background: illinois (where i live) is trying to pass a law to make it illegal for teachers to go on strike.
early this morning, a group of my fellow students started the idea that WE should strike for them against this.
this was nick named 'the walk out' because the plan was for students to all get up at exactly 2pm (about an hour before school ends) and walk out of class and go outside to the flag pole and go with it from there.
a lot of people were unsure about this, but when the teachers got wind of it, most said students should do it.
heres my rant:
- the turn out was only 100 or so people out of a school of about 2,600
- the freshmen were too afraid that they would get in trouble.
- the few freshies that went called it 'walk out 2011' as if this is an annual thing, witch brings me to #4
- most people did this to miss class or the rest of the day. even worse, most didnt even know what this was about. at all
- worse yet, none of this mattered because without media attention, small protests like this are pointless.
on the plus side, if any local news (remember im in chicago, so shit could have gotten big) came and asked a student about this, they wouldnt know what to say because their too fucking stupid to look at some of the sighns that were made.
its pathetic how 'skipping class' spread like fire, but WHY didnt.
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