Thursday, September 22, 2005
Sweet demonstrations
In a country forged by fire an evil power has risen. It’s name is disrespect for Mother Nature and it has several dominions. The Icelandic government is the main force of evil, peddling our unspoiled highlands for 30 pieces of silver. The highlands are, oops, let me rephrase, were the largest untouched piece of nature in Europe. They are no longer; the highest dam in Europe is rising in the midst of the breathtaking scenery. Huge bulldozers are, as we speak, ripping at the magnificent mountains and dumping the carcasses of these same mountains into one of the amazing canyons in the Northern hemisphere. A canyon dug out by a vast glacier, formed in thousands of years will be utterly destroyed by the year 2007. Our highlands are being annihilated to build a “nature friendly” semi-sustainable hydro power station and the cheap electricity is being sold to the new Alcoa aluminium factory. The reservoir alone is 57 km2 and the affected area covers 1% of my country. Several species of flora and fauna are endangered because of this process. The breeding area of reindeers, seals, pink-footed geese and many other animals have been destroyed… triple hurray for that! My government is quite proud of this achievement and the multinational company, Alcoa, gloats at the stupidity of the “greedy Eskimos”. Bechtel, the company in charge of the re-building of Iraq are also constructing the Alcoa smelter and they must be cheerful as well, since aluminium is used for making weapons of war which are necessary in order to help President Bush restrain those crazy and unruly Arabs…
It is sad coming home to face the greed and ignorance of many of my fellow countrymen. I felt a need to do something about it, so I got my butt out of bed early this morning and went downtown to demonstrate at an international aluminium conference. It was really interesting, philanthropists and nature lovers seem to cause panic among the police (there were more cops than demonstrators) and especially among the average ignorant pencil pusher. I was standing outside the conference hall handing out postcards showing endangered animals to people attending the conference and a crazy hotel manager (the conference takes place at Nordica Hotel) starting screaming at me. I swear the guy was about to grab my postcards and drag me away, which I kind of wish he would have done because then I could have pressed charges, but I was so shocked that I asked him if he really wanted to attack me. The guy seemed likewise shocked by my question and calmed down a bit, but still continued screaming at me to get the hell out of there and so forth. I lived with a lawyer for years so I know my rights and now we are in the process of talking to the media about how the freedom of speech is non-existent in this banana republic. It is incredible how people react to peaceful demonstrations. It is all quite exiting and I am looking forward to a big demonstration tonight. Look it up at http://inca.is/
Hasta la Victoria Siempre!
Che Björk- the dangerous protestor
It is sad coming home to face the greed and ignorance of many of my fellow countrymen. I felt a need to do something about it, so I got my butt out of bed early this morning and went downtown to demonstrate at an international aluminium conference. It was really interesting, philanthropists and nature lovers seem to cause panic among the police (there were more cops than demonstrators) and especially among the average ignorant pencil pusher. I was standing outside the conference hall handing out postcards showing endangered animals to people attending the conference and a crazy hotel manager (the conference takes place at Nordica Hotel) starting screaming at me. I swear the guy was about to grab my postcards and drag me away, which I kind of wish he would have done because then I could have pressed charges, but I was so shocked that I asked him if he really wanted to attack me. The guy seemed likewise shocked by my question and calmed down a bit, but still continued screaming at me to get the hell out of there and so forth. I lived with a lawyer for years so I know my rights and now we are in the process of talking to the media about how the freedom of speech is non-existent in this banana republic. It is incredible how people react to peaceful demonstrations. It is all quite exiting and I am looking forward to a big demonstration tonight. Look it up at http://inca.is/
Hasta la Victoria Siempre!
Che Björk- the dangerous protestor
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Ertu bara komin í lopapeysuna og mótmælin? Ertu ekkert að vinna? c",)
Gangi þér annars vel með það - sendu mér svona Kárahnjúkapóstkort!
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Ertu bara komin í lopapeysuna og mótmælin? Ertu ekkert að vinna? c",)
Gangi þér annars vel með það - sendu mér svona Kárahnjúkapóstkort!
Hér gengur allt vel - nóg að gera.
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