On 2005-08-02 17:34:00, Anonymous wrote:
"I really do try to talk to other people about programs. But I get so intense I guess, or it is just so shocking and disturbing to the listener, I never finish the story. My question is, not how do you find people to listen, but who are the people that you actually need listening to you?"
My guess is that the story is too intense for most people. I'd suggest you write it down and then hang it out there anywhere it's welcome. This forum, of course, is always good. Charlie King's tbfight.com is good. I think that some of the ideas underpinning the industry have become so well entrenched it's going to be awhile before a significant number of our neighbors take it seriously as an issue that effects them.
And that really is the key to your second question; who should you tell. Tell anyone who's effected by it (though I like the passive method better; keep it politely to sites and company where it's wanted and let interested parties drop in voluntarily)
I'll tell ya', I really had no interest at all in wrapping my mind up in this stuff for a good many years. I knew The Seed was still there in Ft. Laud, but it was just a weird little cult, not a big problem except to those few who hung around. I thought Straight was shut down and gone and I didn't even know the WWASP type programs existed til 48 Hours did a piece on them a few years ago. I got interested when I realized that this industry was garnering legal authority and community support that might effect my kids and grandkids; when I saw that my ox was being gored.
The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us, and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic.
--Charles Robert Darwin, English naturalist