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... and then discuss it intelligently, you could try studying it, and learning about it, before giving opinions which lack any real value by being based on nothing more than vague impressions formed through limited experience... There is often more to something than just meets the eye. All opinions are *not* equal. Only an informed opinion is valid. An uninformed opinion has no value. It is worthless, except as a curiosity. But who I am to say... ---------------------------------------------- Oxford dictionary: activism n noun the use of vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change. DERIVATIVES activist noun & adjective ---------------------------------------------- Wikipedia: Activism consists of intentional efforts to bring about social, political, economic, or environmental change. Activism can take a wide range of forms from writing letters to newspapers or politicians, political campaigning, economic activism such as boycotts or preferentially patronizing businesses, rallies, street marches, strikes, sit-ins, and hunger strikes. Some activists try to persuade people to change their behavior directly, rather than to persuade governments to change laws. The cooperative movement seeks to build new institutions which conform to cooperative principles, and generally does not lobby or protest politically. See alsoCommunity leader Social movement Virtual volunteering Social engineering (political science) Feminism Restorationism Advocacy group TypesCivil disobedience Community building Economic activism Boycott Veganism (boycott of animal usage) Divestment (a.k.a. Disinvestment) Franchise activism Lobbying Media activism Nonviolence Peace activist and Peace movement Political campaigning Propaganda Protest Strike action Youth activism ReferencesPaul Rogat Loeb, Soul of a Citizen: Living With Conviction in a Cynical Time (St Martin's Press, 2010). ISBN 978-0-312-59537-1. Randy Shaw, The Activist's Handbook: A Primer for the 1990s and Beyond (University of California Press, 1996). ISBN 0-520-20317-8. David Walls, The Activist's Almanac: The Concerned Citizen's Guide to the Leading Advocacy Organizations in America (Simon & Schuster/Fireside, 1993). ISBN 0-671-74634-0. Victor Gold, Liberwocky (Thomas Nelson, 2004). ISBN 978-0-7852-6057-8. (reproduced here under their creative license) https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Activism ----------------------------------------------- Read the above (don't forget to follow all the links, and read them too). Then get back to me, and we'll talk... |