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Wed Jun-14-00 05:14 AM

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"REVOLUTION...sounds like a whisper"


  

          

We throw the word revolution around a lot and use the term revolutionary to refer to many historical figures as well as activists in the community, but do we really know what it means to be revolutionary?

What does revolution mean to you?
What does it mean to be a revolutionary?

Here is the definition that i found:

"Pronunciation: "re-v&-'lü-sh&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English revolucioun, from Middle French revolution, from Late Latin revolution-, revolutio, from Latin revolvere to revolve
Date: 14th century"

*THIS PART OF THE DEFINITION MAY SEEM IRRELEVANT TO THE TOPIC, HOWEVER IT MAY SHED SOME LIGHT ON THE TRUE MEANING OF REVOLUTION*

"1 a (1) : the action by a celestial body of going round in an orbit or elliptical
course; also : apparent movement of such a body round the earth (2) : the
time taken by a celestial body to make a complete round in its orbit (3) : the
rotation of a celestial body on its axis b : completion of a course (as of years);
also : the period made by the regular succession of a measure of time or by a
succession of similar events c (1) : a progressive motion of a body round an
axis so that any line of the body parallel to the axis returns to its initial position
while remaining parallel to the axis in transit and usually at a constant
distance from it (2) : motion of any figure about a center or axis <revolution of
a right triangle about one of its legs generates a cone> (3) : ROTATION 1b"

*THIS IS THE PART THAT IS PERHAPS MOST RELEVANT*

"2 a : a sudden, radical, or complete change b : a fundamental change in
political organization; especially : the overthrow or renunciation of one
government or ruler and the substitution of another by the governed c : activity
or movement designed to effect fundamental changes in the socioeconomic
situation d : a fundamental change in the way of thinking about or visualizing
something : a change of paradigm <the Copernican revolution> e : a
changeover in use or preference especially in technology <the computer revolution> <the foreign car revolution>"


so tell me people, what would actual REVOLUTION look like in our society and are any of us really ready for it?



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REVOLUTION...sounds like a whisper [View all] , unity, Wed Jun-14-00 05:14 AM
 
Subject Author Message Date ID
conveinient revolutionaries
Wise_7
Jun 14th 2000
1
word to the wise...
Jun 14th 2000
2
      RE: word to me
Wise_7
Jun 14th 2000
3
Reformist is not a Revolutionary
Jun 14th 2000
4
RE: Reformist is not a Revolutionary
Jun 14th 2000
5
      RE: Reformist is not a Revolutionary
Jul 04th 2000
22
up! n/m
Jun 21st 2000
6
i guess i have my answer...
Jun 22nd 2000
7
RE: i guess i have my answer...
mayhem
Jun 23rd 2000
8
      wow
Jun 23rd 2000
9
What Revolution is not...
cipher8
Jun 27th 2000
10
RE: REVOLUTION...sounds like a whisper
ukaa
Jun 27th 2000
11
Welcome to OK activist
Wise_7
Jun 28th 2000
12
RE: Welcome to OK activist
ukaa
Jun 28th 2000
14
all i can say is
Jul 03rd 2000
20
bullshit
Jul 06th 2000
24
human revolution
Jul 06th 2000
25
ummm, lemmie clarify...
Jul 06th 2000
26
Who called my name?
Leviathan
Jul 06th 2000
27
RE: REVOLUTION...sounds like a whisper
Jul 03rd 2000
19
Revolution
maxey7
Jun 28th 2000
13
Damn,.....welcome to OKp
Wise_7
Jun 28th 2000
15
      word...
mayhem
Jun 28th 2000
16
      RE: Damn,.....welcome to OKp
maxey7
Jun 29th 2000
17
      RE: Damn,.....welcome to OKp
mayhem
Jun 29th 2000
18
      RE: Damn,.....welcome to OKp
Jul 03rd 2000
21
Fucka Revolution...
Jul 06th 2000
23
it's not what most folks are talking about.
Jul 06th 2000
28

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