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I went to the Synergy Project..

Red Jezza said:
They could hold public debates/rallying meetings with inspiring speakers
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Like who? AFAIK the space is there to be used.

I was at Cooltan for a party and as far as I remember I was charged to get in. My memory's a bit hazy though - I think I went for a DIY night amongst others.
 
satsuma said:
err- coz they're hippies?
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what's your definition of a hippy?

someone who is interested in astrology and enjoys meditation?

a flower child?

someone who rejects the established culture?
 
citydreams said:
I was at Cooltan for a party and as far as I remember I was charged to get in.
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That'll be because it was a fund raiser.

At Cooltan there was a cafe, photography/dance workshops, art shows, rehearsal space, office space for campaign groups etc - all provided without a grant...

I don't even know where synergy's space is or what it does, but I'm certainly very well aqcuainted with their spam :(
 
citydreams said:
what's your definition of a hippy?

someone who is interested in astrology and enjoys meditation?

a flower child?

someone who rejects the established culture?
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its simple:

hippies=cunts

cunts= hippies.

hope that helps.
 
editor said:
all provided without a grant...
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in a squatted space
which the council then destroyed

I see your point though. But they've got the grant. It's up to the community to judge whether that money is well spent.
 
satsuma said:
its simple:

hippies=cunts

cunts= hippies.

hope that helps.
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Perfectly possible to have some hippy ideals and also be politicised, radical, have a punk/DIY attitude, etc. Ask any ex-anti-road protester! ;)

Don't judge all hippies by Synergy types. :mad:
 
citydreams said:
But they've got the grant. It's up to the community to judge whether that money is well spent.
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What I don't get is that despite loudly trumpeting their 'Cooltan'-esque credentials here years ago all I ever get to hear about them (via their spam, natch) is how they're putting on another expensive, UV-tastic night of yoghurt-weaving hippy trance that must appeal to about 0.0001% of the local community and have zero lasting benefit.

Everyone likes to get munted with their mates playing the music they love but how come they got a grant to do it?

And where can I get one please?

:D
 
citydreams said:
Like who? AFAIK the space is there to be used.

I was at Cooltan for a party and as far as I remember I was charged to get in. My memory's a bit hazy though - I think I went for a DIY night amongst others.
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a) well yes, of COURSE cooltan charged. but they never pocketed a penny; all the monuies went towards running costs, or campaign costs. at £20 a pop, Synergy must have major cost escalation!
b) "the space is there to be used" - well that's a relief, and there was me thinking they were making an art statement by ensuring it was permanently empty! :p
having it "there to be used" is NOT enough. they need to put themselves about in the conmmunity/counterculture to ensure people know it's there, and are willing to do it (again, like a certain venerated brixton-based squat project...)
 
citydreams said:
What has a hippy done to you that you can address them all under the same banner?
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Question seconded, I just don't get it with this hippy hatred ....

I don't even agree with citydreams about Synergy, but this kill all hippies mentality is obnoxious bightory and sweeping judgementalism ...
 
Peace Not War is a network of creative people which provides inspiration for the new global peace movement. We are focussed in London, with We have set up a new office in London at the Synergy Centre, 220 Farmers Rd, Camberwell, London SE5 0TW. You can contact us on +44 (0)7789 991 591 or [email protected].
http://www.peace.fm/
 
citydreams said:
Not really. What has a hippy done to you that you can address them all under the same banner?
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Try being forced to go to the fucking rainbow gathering and see if you come out unscathed. :mad: :mad:

<heavily accented german hippy cunts:>
"faaamiilly ve are haavviing zee foood ciirclee fiirsst tiime"

"excuuse me brotttheer, it izz not pozzible to drink zee beer at zee rainbow gathering"

ARRRRRRGGG! FUCKING DIE YOU CUNT!

and don't forget their cunting song which you have to join hands and sing in a circle:

"vee are circling circling toogeezther,
ziss izz family, this izz unity,
this izz celebration, this izz sacred."

followed by 10 minutes of fucking ohming and prostrating and praying to mother fucking earth before you get to eat the free food.

oh yeah, and the horrific nutjobs that are allowed to roam free naked and screaming like a banshee. 80% of them there should be locked up and the key thrown away.

i shit you not, they had a fucking "hugging workshop" :eek: walked past and there were loads of fat ugly men embracing and getting all emotional whilst some cuntjob of a woman walked around giving them encouragment.

and don't get me started on the "shit pits" and the washing with ash... or the crazed lunatics wandering round announcing "zee verkshop on ze mayan calendar vill be by zee blue flag after zee food circle.." some cunt made a joke to me about something about "2012" i thought he was talking about the olympics but it turns out that thats when the worlds going to end as the mayan calendar only goes up to then :rolleyes:

after being a veggie for 5 years, the first thing i did when i got out was eat a big kebab

so yeah, i think i've got some pretty good fucking reasons for hating hippies :mad:

they're worse than the nazi's- underneath their liberal exterior theres some fucking sinister authoritarian fascistic bollocks- made even worse by the fact that most people either see them as a joke or as acceptable...
 
satsuma said:
they're worse than the nazi's- underneath their liberal exterior theres some fucking sinister authoritarian fascistic bollocks- made even worse by the fact that most people either see them as a joke or as acceptable...

so yeah, i think i've got some pretty good fucking reasons for hating hippies :mad:
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I'll give one a kicking for you next time I see one :)
 
citydreams said:
Peace Not War is a network of creative people which provides inspiration for the new global peace movement.
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Eh? How the fuck can anyone claim to "provide inspiration for the new global peace movement"?

Oh, look! They've got a trendy £10 (adv) club night, "uniting London with UK HopHop" and guess who's behind the whole Peace Not War shebang? Why, none other than the Stop the War Coalition (heavily associated with the SWP)!
 
citydreams said:
I know. I guess their excuse is that they're down on £6k so they need to make it up somehow.

But in terms of doing something for the community, I think they are actually getting it together.
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anyone want to buy any tickets ? These ones are well real, this time they will never no ;) :)
 
perhaps they think that the us should open itself up as one giant night club and charge huge entrance fees

i mean they alredy have coustoms an imagration officers who act like crappy bouncers
 
editor said:
Everyone likes to get munted with their mates playing the music they love but how come they got a grant to do it?

And where can I get one please?

:D
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Nothing to stop you applying for one. I don't think that's what Urban is about though.

I think that the first round of money was to spend renovating the place rather than providing any particular service. I don't know if it is council property or not, but I would imagine that would have been a clincher.
 
hmm, I remember synergy. I seem to recall going to one of their after party meetings. It was full of young people who had worked at their night for nothing. Unfortunately Dom Spiral wasn't there. He was in the Bahamas. :confused:
 
satsuma said:
Try being forced to go to the fucking rainbow gathering and see if you come out unscathed. :mad: :mad:

<heavily accented german hippy cunts:>
"faaamiilly ve are haavviing zee foood ciirclee fiirsst tiime"

"excuuse me brotttheer, it izz not pozzible to drink zee beer at zee rainbow gathering"

ARRRRRRGGG! FUCKING DIE YOU CUNT!

and don't forget their cunting song which you have to join hands and sing in a circle:

"vee are circling circling toogeezther,
ziss izz family, this izz unity,
this izz celebration, this izz sacred."

followed by 10 minutes of fucking ohming and prostrating and praying to mother fucking earth before you get to eat the free food.

oh yeah, and the horrific nutjobs that are allowed to roam free naked and screaming like a banshee. 80% of them there should be locked up and the key thrown away.

i shit you not, they had a fucking "hugging workshop" :eek: walked past and there were loads of fat ugly men embracing and getting all emotional whilst some cuntjob of a woman walked around giving them encouragment.

and don't get me started on the "shit pits" and the washing with ash... or the crazed lunatics wandering round announcing "zee verkshop on ze mayan calendar vill be by zee blue flag after zee food circle.." some cunt made a joke to me about something about "2012" i thought he was talking about the olympics but it turns out that thats when the worlds going to end as the mayan calendar only goes up to then :rolleyes:

after being a veggie for 5 years, the first thing i did when i got out was eat a big kebab

so yeah, i think i've got some pretty good fucking reasons for hating hippies :mad:
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No you haven't. You have a very good reason for hating those particular hippies.

they're worse than the nazi's- underneath their liberal exterior theres some fucking sinister authoritarian fascistic bollocks- made even worse by the fact that most people either see them as a joke or as acceptable...
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What, all hippies?

You're a ridiculously judgemental sort. As is proved by you immediately giving up veggiedom for no other reason than you encountering some veggies you didn't like -- understandably not, but not all veggies, or hippies, are the same.
 
miss giggles said:
I don't think the synergy people are hippies at all. They're very shrewd buisness men who dress like hippies.
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there are a LOT of hippy enterpreneurs, though. a lot of the hippy ideal seems to be about self-improvement without much of a wider view. half of the fucking Grateful Dead seem to be big in something in Silicon Valley.
 
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