Comments on: An arresting development. http://geotypografika.com/2008/09/05/an-arresting-development/ Visual Communication und Wissenschaft Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:59:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: mamacas http://geotypografika.com/2008/09/05/an-arresting-development/comment-page-1/#comment-5180 mamacas Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:46:29 +0000 http://geotypografika.com/?p=1710#comment-5180 Welcome to America...warzone. So much for the Constitution. Thanks for such a great job of documenting your adventure. Your loving mother-in-law. Welcome to America…warzone. So much for the Constitution. Thanks for such a great job of documenting your adventure. Your loving mother-in-law.

]]> By: Mona http://geotypografika.com/2008/09/05/an-arresting-development/comment-page-1/#comment-3873 Mona Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:21:43 +0000 http://geotypografika.com/?p=1710#comment-3873 i dono what to say but thank god u r okay now, seriously mr brandt our shall i say my brave teacher! i dono what to say but thank god u r okay now, seriously mr brandt our shall i say my brave teacher!

]]> By: Colin Trechter http://geotypografika.com/2008/09/05/an-arresting-development/comment-page-1/#comment-3741 Colin Trechter Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:18:49 +0000 http://geotypografika.com/?p=1710#comment-3741 The frustration I have felt over the past week, be it from how these protests have been handled, or what these protests were speaking out against (or perhaps most of all, how the non-protesting public was handled) have left me feeling like I am forever breathing out of a paper bag. I feel stifled and controlled. And as disappointing as this is, it doesn't hold a candle to the sorrow and disillusionment I feel after looking at what some in the MCAD community do with the opportunity to speak out freely, anonymously and without fear of persecution. I am referring to gallery 148, where the open forum initially set up to provide the MCAD community to speak up and out about their feelings during these monumentally exciting times, has turned into a mass of 5th grade humor, and worse yet, racist angry, and completely insensitive remarks. So now I feel even more torn; on the one hand, those who organize peacefully to protest against what I see as the most abusive & criminal party in the recent history of the United States, are handled as if they were a riotous mob. Or even those who were done protesting or never really a part of the protest, arrested and found guilty by association. And as bad as this is, look at what they are protesting for, people's right to free speech and freedom of assembly, which was so clearly a right and privilege horribly abused by some in our community this week. Its been a long, rough week for numerous reasons, one which has made me more disappointed in my peers and country than I have felt in a very long time. Thank you for writing such a fair and honest post, and thank you for representing...(I was going to say us, or similar values, but I'll just thank you for representing, period). I hope you are all well and that you are finding peace somewhere, somehow with all of this madness, seems an easy time to throw in the towel, but I really don't want to do that. respectfully and sympathetically, -Colin The frustration I have felt over the past week, be it from how these
protests have been handled, or what these protests were speaking out
against (or perhaps most of all, how the non-protesting public was
handled) have left me feeling like I am forever breathing out of a paper
bag. I feel stifled and controlled. And as disappointing as this is, it
doesn’t hold a candle to the sorrow and disillusionment I feel after
looking at what some in the MCAD community do with the opportunity to
speak out freely, anonymously and without fear of persecution. I am
referring to gallery 148, where the open forum initially set up to provide
the MCAD community to speak up and out about their feelings during these
monumentally exciting times, has turned into a mass of 5th grade humor,
and worse yet, racist angry, and completely insensitive remarks.

So now I feel even more torn; on the one hand, those who organize
peacefully to protest against what I see as the most abusive & criminal
party in the recent history of the United States, are handled as if they
were a riotous mob. Or even those who were done protesting or never really
a part of the protest, arrested and found guilty by association. And as
bad as this is, look at what they are protesting for, people’s right to
free speech and freedom of assembly, which was so clearly a right and
privilege horribly abused by some in our community this week.

Its been a long, rough week for numerous reasons, one which has made me
more disappointed in my peers and country than I have felt in a very long
time. Thank you for writing such a fair and honest post, and thank you for
representing…(I was going to say us, or similar values, but I’ll just
thank you for representing, period).

I hope you are all well and that you are finding peace somewhere, somehow
with all of this madness, seems an easy time to throw in the towel, but I
really don’t want to do that.

respectfully and sympathetically,

-Colin

]]> By: Janice Brandt http://geotypografika.com/2008/09/05/an-arresting-development/comment-page-1/#comment-3721 Janice Brandt Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:31:09 +0000 http://geotypografika.com/?p=1710#comment-3721 Land of the free - home of the brave.........freedom of assembly etc etc- Wish your assembled crowd had gotten more face time in the media- as I do not think people realize what extreme measures are taken- The theater of the absurd! A class action suit for false arrest? You are now a witness- and one who speaks to it! good for you Erik M Land of the free – home of the brave………freedom of assembly etc etc- Wish your assembled crowd had gotten more face time in the media- as I do not think people realize what extreme measures are taken- The theater of the absurd! A class action suit for false arrest? You are now a witness- and one who speaks to it! good for you Erik
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]]> By: Chris Burns http://geotypografika.com/2008/09/05/an-arresting-development/comment-page-1/#comment-3709 Chris Burns Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:12:14 +0000 http://geotypografika.com/?p=1710#comment-3709 So this was Wednesday night? or when? Dammit I miss all the (non)fun action! So this was Wednesday night? or when?
Dammit I miss all the (non)fun action!

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