Revolt

Where I was last week: The International Conference of the WFD:
Focus: Human Rights

http://www.wfdhelsinki2005.org/

Now, now my friends. You have waited long enough. Now is time. I shall tell you about the spectacle that occurred at last weeks International Conference of the WFD. We Frontrunners marched up to centre stage dressed in garish costumes and headpieces. Others slowly descended from the ceiling, twirling. To the tune of “Oklahoma” we signed, “It ain't too early and it ain't too late... Brand new state!” The room erupted with cheers and splattered tomatoes…

What REALLY happened was that at 9.30am, on Friday the 30th of September 2005, we handed out flyers on Genocide. This was to warm up our audience for our main presentation later on. You can see the layout of this flyer on the main website as well as the video of this presentation.

Our aim: to start people thinking about the issue of Genocide. Many people think it means the killing of a race as in the Holocaust or Rwanda. But there are many definitions of Genocide, and Cultural Genocide is one of them. This cultural genocide is happening in two ways:

1) Linguistic Oppression
2) Genetic Engineering

It is a fact that it is a desire to better people, to make them as “normal” as possible. This means doctors are trying to find a cure for deafness whether we like it or not.

Will it be a matter of time before doctors find this cure? Can we convince the world of our true status as a community before this happens?

Time is of the essence. Time. Trailing along at a snails pace, thinking that things will improve slightly “next year” or in the “next five years” will not help us win the race. We have to stop that shark. This may be naïve thinking…

However, there’s nothing wrong with taking a boat out to sea... stocked with various kinds
of explosives. Pop a large firecracker in the cavernous chasm of our friend Jaws. Hope for the best. Have Jaws pursuing us relentlessly, even after chunks of flesh have been blown off his back. After countless attempts, our goals will be achieved. We gotta try.