Dear Nuke Pooter,
Hi! It's me Diane. Thanx for your letter and zine. It was very nice. Also,
thank you very much for sending me that Greenpeace brochure, but next
time don't bother, because I am sick of hearing about them ever since
France decided to start their bloody nuclear tests. I mean, I'm sure they
do a great job of saying those poor little animals, but what about UNHRC
who help squillions of refugees in war-torn countries. Everybody knows
there's a war going in Bosnia, people are being killed every day, yet
nobody particularly cares, but when we hear that our poor country is going
to be a guinea pig everyone's out on the streets asking you to sign a
petition for the Rainbow Warrior. It sickens me to see that, when Australian's
seem to care only for themselves. I mean, nobody has died yet because
of the tests have they? Drug addicts are dying in our own backyards yet
no one seems to want to tackle that problem, or other social issues first.
Anyway, your zine was very interesting, as always, but it disappointed me that you included that stupid publishing company in your issue. It's obvious his university education was wasted, I mean is that guy an idiot or what? Of course someone is going to use the info you give them. It's like letting a baby play with fire. Take for example in America, a teenage boy got hurt trying to construct a bomb which was on the internet complete with instructions.
Anyway, sorry my writing is so illegible, but you'll have to try and decipher it until I feel like getting off my bum and learn to type on my computer.
I stayed up late one Sat. night watching and listening to Rage, which is all the rage here for alternative music with lots of new talent. It's sort of a graphic version of the radio station Triple J. It's, oh, never mind. Anyhow, some of the music was so aggressive and full on. I know we live in an aggressive world and everything and the music probably mirrors that, but so many people who listen to that sort of music are so young, indeed, the people in the bands are young themselves and it scares me that the youth of today feel that way. Whatever happened to the good old days?
Oh yeah, regarding your issue #7, I couldn't help but noticing your picture. Tell me is it normal for a zine editor to look like a girl? Or at least a male dressed in drag. Hope that doesn't offend you, most people don't like to talk about what they get up to after hours.
Anyway, about your article on that gas thing that gives you a high or whatever it is these drugs give you, I was pretty disappointed about that too. I mean, what if a young, impressionable person like me was reading it? It's so sad to see people dying of an allergic reaction in underground raves, it's such a waste of a life. Anyway, people take it (drugs) because their lives are boring and they need something to liven it up, something to escape to. I'm glad I don't have that problem. My life is pretty boring, but it's a comfortable boring that you accept after fifteen years. At least that's what I think, and I'm allowed to write what I think aren't I?
Anyway, hafta go, Ciao!
Diane Ngo.