I remember watching this for the first time as a young boy…nine or ten, probably…
What stuck with me was the Lady of the Lake…I thought the lake was haunted, and she was a ghost “living” in the lake…
Her clothing was strange to me…especially the sleeves that went up her arms…I initially thought it made them look like rotting, dead arms rising out of the lake…The way the material reflected the light while still having dark spots…that’s just how it struck me.
This reviewer is correct…Excalibur has the qualities of a creepy, horror movie at points…along with a lot of other great stuff.
“This is the most challenging direct action i carried out (with one friend). It is the culmination of several other direct actions where both I (solo) and a few others (twice) openly challenged gay assimilation politics, daring beyond our programmed fears to even speak up at all. Our challenges began in about 1992 from dissatisfaction with the national-serving group I had been involved in (which coerced a “passive” and I think middle-class-values-stuck kind of approach to the sex hysteria against intergenerational solidarity topics). Their whole tactic for responding to the attacks pushed by all manner of social control “outlet” felt to some of us to be way too self-defeating and dumb. Yes, we were naive to how politics “work”, and yet, I still feel that this approach, if utilized amongst others, can have a positive effect! And certainly was one way to escape the MEDIA CONTROL that has continued to keep our side of the truth “under wraps”.
Of course, MEDIA CONTROL works in myriad ways to silence and keep “under wraps” MANY groups of people, and this is a lesson one can learn if you realize the value of prioritizing educating yourself on the MANY discrepancies and hypocrisies of our time (not that this is anything “new”, as Black Folks and American Indians know only too well).
Some authors to get you started might include: Noam Chomsky (on Media Control, social/cultural manager ideology, and general institutional analysis), Thomas Szasz (on the myth of “mental illness” and how psychiatrists are really merely a new form of religion), and others I may name at another time.”
“Sex is a difficult child that people are trying to avoid. They pray that their children will never become so. But Paul has something more, imperceptible at first glance. He finds this only when those around him stop noticing. He sets off on a journey, and discovers the nature of the most marginal places in London.”
Not entirely sure what’s on the mind of the person who wrote this description…but I believe the boys name is “Paul”…not “Sex”…
…It’s curious what slips out, when your mind wanders.
“This is the “15 Points” made by a relatively large, nationally-organized group of young people (up to age 20, or so, I think) calling itself the “Ann Arbor (MI) Youth Liberation” group. Another group, out of Chicago called itself “CHIPS” (Cooperative Highschool Independent Press Syndicate, I think was the name). For all critical thinkers out there, this will definitely be ammo for you. See also the Time Magazine article, published December 25, 1972 (i think it was) where the usual adult chauvanist crap is made towards kids, while at the same time, a few noteworthy quotes (i.e. that kids are the “last” of the underclass, and that the US Supreme Court decided FOR kids, saying that the Bill of Rights is not for groanups alone!).
While I myself was a kid during the time of this group’s existence, sadly I was never informed by the groanups around me.
Note: inclusion of this crucial information does not mean that the author is seeking any contacts with young people (under legal age). Any kids who are having difficulties with their schools or parents should try contacting the Student Press Law Center (www.splc.org), which has challenged groanup hegemony since 1975! Also try author and ex-teacher Grace Llewellyn who runs a camp for “unschoolers” called the Not Back To School Camp! (Note: I am not affiliated with any of these groups)
There have been attempts more recently (in the last 20 years) by youth to start their own stands, and these include Oblivion.net (not sure if still going), and a few others.”
CNN’s Michael Smerconish teed off on Alex Jones after the video deposition of the conspiracy theorist went up online yesterday.
Jones claims in the video––during a deposition in the defamation lawsuit against him––that a form of “psychosis” is to blame for why he believed the Sandy Hook massacre was staged.
Smerconish was bewildered by Jones trying to call his comments “punditry,” pointing out how victims and families are still dealing with their grief.
“These media provocateurs likes Jones,” he said, “they know that passion sells. That’s what this is all about. They need people to pay attention to them. And the best way to do that is to be shocking. Many times with disregard of decency.
“Videotaped deposition of Alex Jones in Lewis v. Jones, taken by attorney Mark Bankston of Kaster Lynch Farrar & Ball, LLP. For more information, visit: http://infowarslawsuit.com/“
Alex Jones / Sandy Hook Video Deposition, Part II:
