tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post8705282113061697920..comments2023-10-07T22:37:49.244+13:00Comments on The Hand Mirror: Byte-counting our first yearkatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15742280289613450293noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-68640807823542314382009-03-23T20:23:00.000+13:002009-03-23T20:23:00.000+13:00Deborah, there are all sorts of shades to activism...Deborah, there are all sorts of shades to activism and your writing is totally part of that rainbow. I hope that doesn't sound patronising; I just feel very strongly that a good movement or cause or campaign is one that has many ways of involvement, to respect that different people prefer different methods of showing their support. I used to be quite sneering about my friends in the Labour party and their party activism, but in the last government their chipping away from inside the party delivered some gains that my ranting on the street in the '90s was all about. We all play our part, and who can really unpick it all to determine whose contribution did more, when they are all so intrinsically part of the pattern of the whole?<BR/><BR/>My word I am getting purply in my prose tonight. <BR/><BR/>Thanks Sharon and SMSD, it's lovely to have your feedback. <BR/><BR/>Oh and SMSD, I haven't forgotten that you still have the porta-cot!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08977150346842277994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-59659725246820078222009-03-23T20:07:00.000+13:002009-03-23T20:07:00.000+13:00Congrats! I'm glad to see THM doing so well. Alway...Congrats! I'm glad to see THM doing so well. Always a good thought-provoking read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-11647804742906730802009-03-23T19:20:00.000+13:002009-03-23T19:20:00.000+13:00Congratulations! I might not comment much but thi...Congratulations! I might not comment much but this is one of my favourite blogs.<BR/>Also, belatedly, thanks for the link to my blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-59960957974975737472009-03-23T16:58:00.000+13:002009-03-23T16:58:00.000+13:00I think we've done well!Re that submission: I've ...I think we've done well!<BR/><BR/>Re that submission: I've always been more of a thinker and writer than a do-er, and I've been engaged in very little activism myself, 'though in some part that has been because of where I was living at various times. One march against the Sprinkboks touring NZ back in 1986 (I think(, a bit of work with Women against Pornography, and nothing much else. I wanted to go and protest on / about section 59 (i.e. supporting the repeal of section 59, of course!), but my boss at the time made it very clear that we ought not to be seen there (public service rulz). So THM gave me the impetus to actually <I>do</I> something i.e. work on that submission. I'm very grateful to the THM community for facilititing it, and supporting it, and getting involved.<BR/><BR/>(Yet another note to self: must follow-up on what has happened.)Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182573274494086468noreply@blogger.com