[CIMC-working] vampires and corps - POSTED: TABD update feature

[Doug Morris]

Suzanna, ok about the ref then.  unless others feel differently.

Yes the feature title originally included corporate vampirism.

Our power now lies in our words and the understandings and feelings that we 
can evoke with such.

It is a creative simile as in corporations are as blood thirsty as vampires 
for something very very real.
And this fits the demo.  And the reality!

I do think something like vampire should be the title.

As I think about transnational corporations in third world and vampires,
I feel more and more strongly that corporations are at least as bad as 
vampires.

Indeed, it might be an insult to vampires to compare them to corps.
Corps are worse.
Corps are soulless, amoral, immortal organizations where the strongest 
survive by exploiting people the most and by eating their own ilk.
Corporations are death and torture machines of global scope.

A term like vampiric corporations or corporate vampirism evokes both 
understandings of just how bad corporations are and gives rise to emotions 
of moral indignation... or challenges one to look into this by engaging in 
some analysis. For someone whose political consciousness is not awakened, 
they would have to ask:  how is that corporations like vampes?
And it just happens to be the case that they are just like vampires...  and 
blood thirsty pirates... and plagues run wild with destroy their 
hosts.  Corporations are very horrible things and pointing to the 
contradictions between the positions of the folks who temporarily run them 
and the organizations operations themselves and the conditions of those 
they kill and exploit to profit are one of the few ways we can change 
public consciousness.

So...

I believe the title should be:

actions against vampiric corporations
or
actions against corporate vampires
or
actions against corporate blood suckers
or
actions against blood sucking corporationgs

Of course, if there are Anne Rice type vampire lovers out there, I could 
understand not wanting to insult the possibilities of the modern 
rehabilition the vampire myths by comparing them to the true horrors of the 
modern day global corporation.

So, folks, can we put vampire or blood sucking back in the title?

Doug

At 05:36 PM 11/8/02 -0800, Suzanna wrote:

>i have no preference about links to my submission.  it's fine the way it 
>is.  as for titles, was it originally vampirism?  because now it's 
>"greed."  i suggest leaving it as greed.  "vampirism" sounds like a 
>ficticious word.  ;)  but on the other hand, it makes me think of that 
>sign "no coporte greed."   i'm still laughing at that.  it doesn't matter 
>to me.  anyone want to change it?
>
>--suzanna
>
>  Doug Morris <being@enteract.com> wrote:
>Folks,
>
>Suzana's photos have been linked from the start in the reports section,
>because she gave a report that helps flesh out the story of the evening.
>Titled:
>Peaceful tabd protestors and police presence (photos also)
>We can give her two refs, one in article and one in photo section or one in
>either.
>Suzana, do you have a preference?
>
>On the feature title, what do you think:
>
>Is this title good:
>Actions against Corporate Vampirism
>
>Or is this better:
>Actions against Corporate Greed
>
>Note that the copy of the current feature has a vampire picture and vampire
>theme because of the slant of some of the signage and costuming in the 
>protest.
>Not also that the global site picked up our feature and ran with the top
>title, which I included on inspiration at last minute (tried to call people
>but didn't get through this am -- sent email) because of the way the copy
>and lead photo read.
>Note that the center column was changed (not by me) to read the second above.
>I really disagree with this change but am willing to go with the change if
>others prefer that.
>I think it is OK to have some strong imagery and color in our coverage,
>especially when it is a protest theme.
>So, in light of the feature wording, which of the above do you all prefer?
>
>Doug
>
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