Seems to be the season for commemorative kettles. I guess the ten year anniversary of J18 isn't that far away..
second meeting of The Summit Against Everything
To bitch. And to hope Jack and revol would bitch along with him I'd guess.
bitch?! About what?
I thought it highly important that residents of london be made aware there would shortly be a summit against everything in their fair city. The time has come Thora - the lines are drawn.
Are you for something?
OR ARE YOU AGAINST EVERYTHING?
jimmer wrote:
Tacks, no offence, but why did you start this thread?Jimmer, no offence, but why did you ask that question?
Because at a time when libcom admins are being physically attacked for taking the piss out of ill conceived political endeavours, I think it's a bit inappropriate to start a thread that encourages more piss taking. I know you're not doing it to lump Jack/revol in the shit or anything (and to be fair anyone could've posted this, please don't feel I'm trying to single you out!), but I think you can see where I'm coming from!
Feel free to PM me if you want. 
no need for PM - this event is organised by a group i am familiar with, and they are not attacking anyone. I think you can read too deeply into the other incident; for me, the lesson (if people want to learn it) is that you can take the piss - what you cannot do is utterly and totally cunt someone off. This is what i have always said. I enjoy the pisstakes and over the last year i have posted far too many myself - but going over the top and abusing people ruins it. Its not a pisstake then, is another depressing screaming fit. So far this thread is lighthearted and i expect it to remain so

Sadly for some people political criticism and/or piss taking is enough to "totally cunt them off", I don't really agree with your assesment of 'the other incident' but I'm not prepared to have another thread discussing it. If this thread doesn't remain lighthearted it's going straight in the bin, and please don't encourage piss taking in the future!
More importantly, why are we even bothering to discuss this summit? 
jimmer wrote:
If this thread doesn't remain lighthearted it's going straight in the bin, and please don't encourage piss taking in the future!Fuck's sake. The terrorists have won.
Exactly. We shouldn't censor piss-taking because some morons can't differentiate between different people. But then by the same token people will give a platform to should defend it, especially if people are having a go at us for things they themselves actually said on our site.
Perhaps I misphrased that, I don't think it's a good idea for people to start threads with no other purpose than taking the piss out of something that's clearly shit. Mainly because if somethings so shit that it's worth taking the piss out of, I don't see why we should even bother discussing it on the forums and give it the oxygen of publicity (what with libcom being the largest and fastest growing 'anarchist' site in the UK).
Obviously I'm all for free speech on the interweb etc. and think it's a bigger issue that some people don't quite get it.
To make a valid criticism and not just take the piss. Libcom is often criticised for using 'big words' and being out of touch. Yet this event is so inward, as is the magazine calling for it. Articles by Baudrillard as well as pieces on the black bloc (what is it 2001?). A further push is required...








[Too delicious not to post]
so much fucking win