Wintertijd

Original idea

This is Paul. Paul is from the UK and told me about a theory he had. For centuries, people have been demonstrating against companies, politicians, wars and whatnot without any greater result. After a demonstration, things get ignored or they shift the PR so that the public at large accepts or forgets the situation.

Paul's idea is that we, the people, should demonstrate positively. When the Dutch government, which is known for its fuck-ups at the moment, does something good, hundreds of thousands of people should go into the streets and demonstrate to tell them they've done a pucker job.

Everyone has an ego, Paul thinks, particularly politicians. So by telling them what makes them popular we, the people, should be able to coax them into doing what we actually want them to do. The whole idea sounds to simple to be true of course, and there was some wine involved in the discussion, but I like the concept.

Posted by Chris at December 19, 2004 02:28 PM