>Patience is one thing while COMPLACENCY >is another. I go >out and actively find the >shoe that makes me happy. > I don't wait on >the shoe to come to >me.
well part of the shoe will be coming to you at the reunion- maybe not a whoel shoe. More like a shoestring.
>I think you misunderstood us. >I don't remember anybody saying >anything about tearing ish down. > These threads were about >ORGANIZATION. And I apologize >for misleading you. It was >not done on purpose.
The original post made this comment- "5) Is preparation to contact Cable Providers to ask for the removal of B.E.T. in the proposal for action?"
I dont think anybody answered this concisely but the suggestion is that this wouldnt be avoided if the option was available.
>You speak to us as if >you're addressing Branch Davidians who >plan to storm BET with >guns and grenades and hold >Donnie Simpson hostage. But >maybe we have some method >and have devised some way >of organizing the masses that >may not be evident to >YOU right now.
I dont see how organized it can be if you havent made it evident to me- subsequently anyone who's reading the same thread. My ideas were about organizing- providing a succint account of who your constituents are. If your methods of organizing arent evident to the people that you're trying to organize then youve got a big problem.
Donnie Simpson- when was the last time you saw Donnie Simpson on BET!?
But >why does it have to >be? This is obviosly >not your battle. Rather >you offer signage or not, >it will go on. >I will still be disgruntled >with the programming at BET >and looking to join with >other people who are disgruntled >as well and interested in >SAYING so - in a >way that might not be >pleasing to you.
Thi isnt about pleasing me- this isnt about discontent- you're welcome to all that. i thought the poin of OkayActivist was to be effective i told you all quite clearly how to be effective your answer is pretty much- Who needs to be effective?
If you dont want to follow my suggestions fine- if you want to conduct yourself in a fashion thats been done over and over and over again go right ahead. But talk is still cheap and you could just as easily dig in the Lesson archives for all that.
If you want to take action- take inventory of who's on your side and who you're up against. thats all i suggested. Ranting is sure to persuade- but it will only persuade those who agree with you to find more ways to agree. Y'all need to be concentrating on the points of contention that arent unified...
What good is a piece of armor if you just keep reinforcing the strongest part- its the weak links in your own attack that you need to find and correct- but some of you are too defensive to admit the own weakness in your argument- what will you do when BET points it out to you.
Qualify your concerns- substantiate them. I dont see how or why you would oppose that idea.