You Know You Aren't Democracy's Poster-Child When...

by Michelle . · 2009-10-16 04:53:00 UTC
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For those of you taking notes on how to make it into this year's Hall of Shame, here are a few recent tips from the annals of my Google Reader:

  • You arrest and beat pesky college students for such treasonous statements as, "[You are] the major outstanding issue that is stalling progress for the inclusive government."
  • You only attend conferences and dialogues than you call for/are in charge of, and boycott all others, if you can't outright shut them down.
  • If you're a rebel leader, you thwart peace negotiations with rival factions by, um, detaining them.
  • And, if you're really a pro, you refuse to fund your own National Healing Conference set up to fake the appearance of caring about all of the havoc you've wrecked over the past 20+ years.

[Photo from roberlan's Flickr stream, Creative Commons license.]

Michelle . has been involved in various activist endeavors, including the Teach Against Genocide pilot campaigns.
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