Peace Outreach on Election Day
In many places, there will be an elaborate ritual known as an election which is used as a rather contrived justification for committing violence against innocent people. November 3rd is the date chosen by those who partake in this rather disturbing religious practice. If you’re apolitical like myself, you may feel like this day is nothing special. You’re right, but knowing that many people will be using this day to reinforce their deadly delusions, I think it’s an excellent opportunity to present them with a peaceful and rational alternative that they’ve been sheltered from for most of their lives.
I’ll be handing out fliers at one of my local polling places and I encourage others to do the same. Please feel free to download and print them out using the links provided. Also feel free to modify them to suit your particular message. There is a list of websites on the last page to go to for more information. You may have a different list in mind. I like to say “Peaceful alternatives to politics” to people as they approach and I try not to shove the flier at them in an aggressive way but rather hold it up to inspire their curiosity. Your methods may differ.
I’ve also added a new design to the Anarchy In Your Head store if you’d like to have a shirt to wear for the occasion. Just click the “Peace Not Politics” image in this post to visit the store.
The Peaceful Evolution for Word (Windows / Mac)
The Peaceful Evolution for Open Office (Linux)
UPDATE 2009/10/30: There is now a Facebook Event that you can sign up for and invite your friends to.
UPDATE 2009/10/27: I’ve uploaded a video in hopes of getting the message out via YouTubers.
UPDATE 2009/11/2: I’ve udpated the flier and added a PDF version. I feel the changes better reflect my point of view after my views have developed and matured over the last year.
I’d ask for a percentage for using that Voluntary V design if I believed in IP
You came up with that? Really? I thought it was old.
http://francoistremblay.wordpress.com/2007/06/13/the-voluntary-victory-logo/
As a Linux user I appreciate you offering an OpenOffice.org version of the file.
I had an idea to make up “Taxation is theft!” stickers and put them up on campaign posters.
http://fskrealityguide.blogspot.com/2009/10/vandalizing-terrorist-propaganda.html
Yeah, thanks for the Open Office file.
I had to change the spacing between the website addresses from 18 to 12 to get it to fit onto one sheet of paper.
PDF is a 404. We should get more organized for next year. Have you seen the Vote for Nobody think on facebook. Some of us are also working on a campaign to get across the concept that taxation is theft.
Thanx for the heads up, George. That problem has been corrected.
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