Wednesday, September 01, 2004

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Anita Rodick quote about Greenbelt;

What’s wonderful about being my age is having to face your prejudices."

"I had no idea how big Greenbelt was. I had no idea how organised it was;
how free it was; how joyful it was. And I had no idea that there was such a
strong activist, trade justice plank in its platform."

“It’s really hard, when you have had your antennae up for most of these
movements, to have completely ignored it. I have fallen for the zeitgeist
that says anybody who has a religious inclination has no sense of rationale
or intellectual understanding and therefore should be dismissed."

“I am cheering the Greenbelt festival from the top of every bloody
mountain…for me, it’s like a heartbeat. And it’s youth. I’m ashamed of my
bloody prejudices, but I’m delighted to be a convert. I find it wonderful.”

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