[rohrpost] Virtuelles Tam-tam

[Reinhold Grether <Reinhold.Grether@uni-konstanz.de>]

Mit der Virtualisierung zahlreicher Lebensbereiche virtualisieren
sich auch die Konflikte. Unter "Skriptfuehrung" des Electronic
Disturbance Theaters ist eine Softwarefamilie entstanden, die
Virtuelle Sit-ins auf Webseiten ermoeglicht. Zur Unterstuetzung
der Zapatistas entwickelt, haben diese Tools bei den Protesten
gegen die Welthandelsorganisation und gegen das Domaingrabbing
von eToys eine Rolle gespielt. Das Electronic Disturbance
Theater (identisch mit Electronic Civil Disobedience)
http://www.thing.net/~rdom/ecd/ecd.html hat eine Reihe von
Prinzipien formuliert, die die Legitimitaet solcher Virtueller
Sit-ins begruenden sollen: 1) Uneingeschraenkte Transparenz.
Die Oeffentlichkeit und damit auch der Konfliktpartner
erhalten vollen Einblick in Beweggruende, Organisation und
Code. 2) Massenhaftigkeit. Virtuelle Sit-ins sollen virtuelle
Partizipationschancen in bereits entfalteten Konflikten eroeffnen.
3) Zeitliche Befristung und Ritualisierung des Konflikts. Das
Virtuelle Sit-in steht fuer ein Erregungsmuster (Stichwort:
tam-tam), das sich weitgehend in den Koepfen der
Beteiligten und nicht auf physikalischer Ebene abspielen
soll. Der Gegenseite soll ihre Verletzlichkeit gerade unter
Vermeidung faktischer Eingriffe in Betriebsablaeufe
vorgefuehrt werden. Damit wird die Herkunft des Konzepts
aus der Theatralitaet noch einmal deutlich. Virtuelle Sit-ins
verstehen sich als Verschiebungen performativer Akte
in virtuell-politische Kontexte.
Wer sich ueber diese Art virtueller Protestformen ein Urteil
bilden moechte, hat mit dem vom 18. bis 20. Mai laufenden
Virtuellen Sit-in gegen Starbucks eine gute Gelegenheit.
Das Demonstrationstool ist inzwischen online:
http://www.revbilly.com/vrsitin.html
rg

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A CALL TO ACTION AGAINST STARBUCKS
IN SOLIDARITY WITH ZAPATISTAS STRUGGLE

BY THE CHURCH OF STOP SHOPPING.

JOIN OUR LOCAL/GOBAL VR-SITIN
ON MAY THE 18TH 2000 TILL MAY 20TH 2000
AGAINST STARBUCKS AND
FOR *FRANCHISE FREE ZONES*
ALL AROUND THE PLANET
AND IN SOLIDARITY WITH
ZAPATISTAS STRUGGLE AGAINST
NEO-LIBERALISM.

STOP THE STARBUCKS OF THE WORLD.
FROM TAKING YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD!

OUR  NEIGHBORHOOD IS YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD!

YA BASTA!!

VR - SIT-IN WILL START ON MAY 18TH, 2000
TILL MAY 20TH, 2000

TO DOWNLOAD YOUR VR-SITIN TOOL
GO TO ON MAY 18TH, 2000 AT 12PM (EST):

http://www.revbilly.com/

AND JOIN THE VR-SITIN!

DO NOT BE AFRAID SISTERS AND BROTHERS
TO DOWNLOAD THIS LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN!

HOW DO I JOIN THIS ACTION REV. BILLY?

MY CHILDREN YOU MUST
Download THE VR-SITIN TOOL onto your harddrive
into any folder you wish or make one for it.

Go to your Folder and click:

Start.html

You must ONLY USE Netscape 4.0 and up. -
NO IE SISTERS AND BROTHERS!!

Alleluhiah!!

You will then be given 2 type of VR- SIT-IN functions.

1) Is a Draw or Trace your ACTION.

With your mouse make a DRAWING on the
WHITE SPACE with your MOUSE.

This will cause the VR - Sit In tool to randomly Sit on
different STARBUCKS URLs that represent your Drawing.
It will only function if you DRAW. If you stop Drawing
it will stop the SIT-IN Action.

2) This is the traditional VR - SIT-IN.

Just CLICK IT ON  and the tool will
start the SIT-IN action ON STARBUCKS automatically.
Just Leave your Browser on (you
can minimize your Browser if you feel like it).

3) If the CyberCops come They will TRY
to use a counter_ScriptS against us and
try to shut the SIT-IN down by making it
difficult.

But on the GOOD SIDE - the MORE FOLKS
JOIN the more difficult it is for them
to SHUT US ALL DOWN. BLESSED BE!!

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AND NOW SISTERS AND BROTHERS A WORD FROM REV. BILLY:

Children welcome to the Church of Stop Shopping.
This week we are punishing that Cancer in Earth Tones, Starbucks.

In particular the two Starbucks at 47th and 9th Avenue
and on 49th between 9th and 10th Avenues are
examples of shops that aren't required to make money.
They just act as loss leaders, attacking owner-run
businesses, financed by funny money from Nasdaq.

Nothing from our neighborhood ever indicated an interest.
We will protect  The Coffee Pot and The Galaxy Café at 49th
and 47th and 9th Ave.  The owners of these two funky
and glorious community spots will be conferred "Comic Sainthood."
in our church and we hope it will help them face the strange
petit bourgeois culture of $3 lattes with faux Italian
names.  Alleluhiah!! We're declaring a "Franchise Free Zone,"
from the Blockbusters at 42nd to the Duane Reade on 50th.
Only a sin-pit of a Starbucks breaks the string of long-time
neighborhood shops...  and the Morebucksis dangerously
close to our theater at St. Clement's.

They will feel THE WRATH OF... OF... ALL YOU DIGITAL SPRITS!!

FOR THOSE OF YOU WITH THE POWER OF
 TELEPORTATION PLEASE JOIN US AT
CHURCH OF Stop Starbucks Revival

with Reverend Billy
And the Macky Dees Gospel Choir

Written and performed by Bill Talen
Directed by Ralph Buckley
Musical Director evangray
 Concept by Sidney Lanier

May 18, 19, 20 and 21
Doors open: 7:30 PM.

Theater at St. Clement's:
423 West 46th Street
New York, NY 10036
Box Office: 358 5181

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AND JUST IN CASE YOU HAVE ALREADY
FORGOTTEN WHAT THIS EMAIL IS ABOUT!

JOIN OUR LOCAL/GOBAL VR-SITIN
ON MAY THE 18TH 2000 TILL MAY 20TH 2000
AGAINST STARBUCKS AND
FOR *FRANCHISE FREE ZONES*
ALL AROUND THE PLANET
AND IN SOLIDARITY WITH
ZAPATISTAS STRUGGLE AGAINST
NEO-LIBERALISM.

STOP THE STARBUCKS OF THE WORLD.
FROM TAKING YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD!

OUR  NEIGHBORHOOD IS YOUR  NEIGHBORHOOD!

VR - SIT-IN WILL START ON MAY 18TH, 2000
TILL MAY 20th, 2000

TO DOWNLOAD YOUR VR-SITIN TOOL
GO TO ON MAY 18th, 2000 AT 12PM (EST):

http://www.revbilly.com/

AND JOIN THE VR-SITIN!

DO NOT BE AFRAID SISTERS AND BROTHERS
TO DOWNLOAD THIS LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN!

BLESSED BE!!





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