You're *all* right in this thread; Claudius, Sheila, Stan.And I don't say it just out of politeness. I really mean it. Here's the deal;
1. Some ways of action may, indeed, be less effective than others, and they may also bring quite a disappointment, especially if we're getting stone-walled. Yet, at the same time, we shouldn't underestimate the psychological and educational factor of such actions. Writing to corporations, docs, etc., may let them know that there *is* a reaction to their actions, and that somebody *is* watching them. Plus, every person that may potentially read those letters will get influenced by it - they, too, have their own families, friends, etc. At work, they're the "yes men", but in their private lives most of them will make their own choices, informing others of what is *really* going on. As unbelievable as it is, when I had classes with the "bank people", I was shocked to learn to what extent they do not understand what is going on and what the real causes for this whole financial crisis are. They, too, are the part of the machine, being so compartmentalized that the left hand doesn't know what the right is doing, or it may even not know this other one is there at all, lol (at least the low-level and mid-level employees - those on top are a different story). Once you break up this compartmentalization, there comes the epiphany.
2. That said, I would agree that at that stage, the most effective strategy, the master plan for us and the entire movement would be to keep growing, getting into contact with more people in the field (Healy, Breggin, Whitaker, others) and building an alternative to the old, corrupted, (and I won't mince words here), eugenical, system. With the present unbelievable (and still growing) power of the Net, we may soon be reaching the point when our ideas (or counter-ideas) will take over the old ones. The same way like the "dinosaur media" are being pushed to the shoulder by the "new media".
3. .... and the more we will be healing, the more able we will be to do it all...
