oneirophrenia | The 95 Theses of Geek Activism

Now here's something I'm truly behind: The 95 Theses of Geek Activism.

However, there's one I don't particularly agree with--no 45: Read of Gandhi’s actions in civil disobedience. Discover Satyagraha.

Nonviolence is always the preferable way to go. But it does not always work. Violence is a last-resort option, but it must always be considered an option. Sometimes--rarely, I'll admit, but sometimes--the only way to solve a situation is to crush your opponent into the ground, salt the ground with plutonium, and then tell everyone else, "Don't do what he did."

So I'd personally revise 45 with the following corrolary:

45b. If 45 doesn't work, blindingly swift, insane, and narrowly-targeted ultraviolence may be necessary.

I've always wanted to do a dark comedy film in which one day Mahatma Ghandi and his followers just hold a big meeting and decide, "OK, this Styagraha thing isn't working. Time to bust out the guns." And then they all morph into super-powered Bollywood robots with multiple arms and weapons systems and they disintegrate the entire British colonial sepoy government in seconds. Then they turn back to regular people and resume their daily lives free of British rule.