The Griffon News

People everywhere will walk out of school, take off work and go to the downtowns and town squares on Oct. 5.

They will set out from there, going through the streets and calling on many more to join them - making a powerful statement: “No! This Regime does not repesent us! And we will drive it out” is the statement that is first seen when the Web page for www.worldcantwait.net is loaded.

But there are no protests being planned in the city of St. Joseph, nor is there that much happening in the state of Missouri. Sure, the big cities like Kansas City and  St. Louis will have a smattering of a few hundred people taking to the streets. Surprisingly enough events are being organized for smaller cities as well, such as Carrolton and Springfield, but no one has organized anything for St. Joe. It begs the questions, is there no liberal voice in Joe town?

One only needs to listen to the music popular with the subculture scenes of Goth and Punk alike to hear the undertones of dissent. Goth and Punk music still sell very well, according to the managers of local music stores Hastings Books, Music, and Video and FYE. One manager of FYE even said he felt that a voice of dissent was still being heard by the citizenry of St. Joe.

Nancy Stohlman, author and editor of the book Live from Palestine and former President of the Denver Chapter of the Liberation of Palestine, feels that the problem is generational.

“The baby boomers were shocked by what they had seen as they grew up…,” she said. “The kids of today have grown up with it ever since and have come to expect it.”

Apathy has often been cited as a cause for the lack of a real rebellion in these times. Limited attention span is another reason, which is pretty funny when you consider how many people are prescribed some form of mood elevator. Mike Miller, sophomore at Western, has two issues that would make him rebel.

“If they reinstate the draft or raise gas to $4.” Miller said.

Willie Gilbert, senior at Western, once supported the current administration, but his views changed due to the Presidents environmental policies. “Environmental ethics are my primary concern, and I think they have already crossed the line,” Gilbert said.

More reasons why people don’t take it to the streets could be that we have become over informed.

“I think large media is to blame,” Gilbert said. “There is so much being said that you don’t know who to trust or believe.”

Some students do not agree with the worldcantwait sentiments.

“I think their garbage about why not to support democrats makes them the most stupid of all groups, and akin to nihilists,” Freshman Justin Peacock said. “Anger without solution is…uh…anger without solution. People should be doing everything in their power to get democrats in power right now. That’s an actual solution. Railing against everyone and everything merely marginalizes the good you’re doing.”