[statecom-discuss] Fwd: WEAR A RESISTOR!

[Paul Mushrush]

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From: Donald Chester <k4kyv at yahoo.com>
Date: Oct 5, 2006 4:28 PM
Subject: WEAR A RESISTOR!

WEAR A RESISTOR!

No-one has organised a Day of Mass Resistance event
here locally, but here is an idea of how anyone
anywhere may silently show support.

This idea is not mine, but originated in Poland in
1982 as part of a protest in support of the Solidarity
movement.

I know this is a short notice for my suggestion, but I
just found out about tomorrow's Day of Mass Resistance
events yesterday.

In addition to dressing in black, or other suggested
attire, attach an electrical resistor to your shirt or
lapel and wear this to school, work and everywhere
else you appear in public, every day, starting with
tomorrow's events if you attend.  Encourage others to
do the same.

A resistor is an inexpensive electronic part that may
be purchased at any electronics supply store that
sells  components for building and repairing
electronic devices.  Ask for a one- or two-watt carbon
composition resistor or metallic film resistor of any
value they happen to have in stock, for example, 470
ohms.  It should cost less than a dollar.  The
resistor should be a small cylinder, less than an inch
long and about 1/4" in diameter, with several brightly
coloured stripes around the body, which serve as a
code to indicate the electrical resistance value.
There should be a short length of bare wire sticking
out of each end; these  serve as the electrical
terminals to the resistor.  Leaving the wires
attached, it should be easy to devise  a simple method
for attaching the resistor to your clothing so that it
is immediately visible.


For more background on this idea, click on the link
(or  cut and paste the internet address) to the 1982
news article at the bottom of this messasge.  It is
partially quoted below.

"...With the same savvy that helped them endure past
occupations, Poles are proving particularly ingenious
in devising new stratagems in their psychological war
with the martial-law regime. Many Poles with a flair
for the dramatic still dress in black, or at least
wear a black ribbon, as a sign of national mourning
over freedom lost. To show they have not lost their
sense of black humor, still others express resistance
to martial law by quite literally wearing a resistor,
a tiny radio part, as an ornament..."

http://jcgi.pathfinder.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,951780,00.html


Donald B. Chester
Woodlawn, TN USA
37191


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