OR KILL ME!! - Principia Discordia

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passers by with your message…all that will do is turn them off
(on the other hand, it is hilarious to badger people with
OTHER people’s messages. I’ve been doing the Pat Robertson
bit for YEARS, and probably cost him hundreds of converts).
Instead, try approaching things from another angle. For
instance, if you disapprove of the way corporate farming treats
animals, buy a Big Mac during the lunch rush, and then loudly
say that it “tastes funny” in the dining area. Then claim you are
ill, and rush to the bathroom. Ham it up, the more the better.
Odds are, at least one or two people won’t be eating there in
the near future, and one in a hundred may decide that burgers
are no longer their thing.
Another method that works is the Discordian “guerilla
ontology” approach, which consists of leaving odd signs here
and there. An example of this is bumper-stickering police cars
with a small sign saying “Obey” (crack and peel 8.5X11 inkjet
paper can be easily obtained at office supply stores). The effect
that it has is small, but if you are persistent (and if there are at
least a few of you), you can seriously disturb more than a few
people. After all, most people WILL obey the police under any
circumstances, but they REFUSE to be TOLD that they have
to. They’ll become (slightly) more rebellious towards
“authority” out of pure spite. Leaving “Union NOW” leaflets in
Wal-Mart is also a hoot, and a great way to spend a slow
Saturday.
These suggestions may sound frivolous, or even a bit silly.
However, they are the best weapons we have. You can NOT
beat the Machine by violent methods (that’s what it does
BEST, after all, and it has all the big guns), nor can you
“educate” most people. They may be sympathetic, but they
simply don’t have TIME for a lecture, because they have SO
many things to do (mostly involving television).
Now, by this point some of you are saying, “Damn, Rev, I’m
or kill me