[IMC-UK-Features] feature proposal: Go Indymedia, go! - Response to the SHIfT article

[Mick Fuzz]

> > Not that I support the shift article. I think it's
> > very dissapointing. 
> 
> I would find it helpful if you could elaborate on
> what it is that you find
> disappointing about the article,
 
I think it's sensationalist and unbalanced and I find
that dissapointing it means that it's not very
supportive of Indymedia as a whole from people that I
would have like d to have been supportive. 

> especially as your
> block would appear to
> indicate that you do not share the analysis in the
> response.

I don't think that's the case. I think that the reaso
for not promoting it is the reason shared by the
majority of the people who are objecting to making it
a feature, which is, to use a bit of mike d's text. 

> I don't think it should be
> posted as a
> feature though as it will play into the hands of
> people who wish to
> cause controversy and/or divisions for whatever
> reason.

I think that it's really good that this article has
been written, and i'm sure that most of the readers of
the Shift article will read it on the newswire. and
obviously the author's editors will read it. In fact
I'm sure that they're reading this! 

I do have an issue with people representing Indymedia.
Maybe that's just my issue, after all if people cant'
use Indymedia to promote their cause of choice then
what's the point of it. But I don't really have time
to go into that right now. 

I'm sorry that my emails on this list are sometimes to
short and for the frustration that that might cause to
people who are used to writing longer emails. 

I'm happy to remove my block given that. In fact, I do
so. Especially as there are probably other people who
feel the same who have more time to argue the case. 

Mick