On most occasions mentioning your Discordian Society affiliation is
perfectly acceptable. If perchance, you are idiotic enough to somehow
foolishly blunder and end up in the military, insist they stamp DISCORDIAN
on your dog tags. Because we are sick and tired of hearing there are no
Discordians in foxholes.
You might also wish to list "Discordian" as your religion on job
applications - especially if you are already on unemployment and don't want
the damned jobs anyhow.
A secret method of identifying your Discordianship for the benefit
of other Discordians is by wearing a pull-off aluminum beer-can tab, strung
through its ring, around your neck. That is called an All-Seeing Eye of
Eris (complete with Tear) and it will help other members of the Discordian
Society keep out of your way.
Or if you are an extrovert - and are not even ashamed of it - you
can get up on a soap box and rant for Goddess right out in public.
Personally I prefer standing on a wooden box but, anyway, you get at least
five points for every rant you deliver. Extra points are awarded for
handling hecklers with aplomb - or with anything else besides your
fists.
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A secret of dealing with hecklers, incidentally, was imparted to me
by a professional rabble rouser who used to speak in Hyde Park. You
memorize a bunch of standardized put-downs good for all occasions. So no
matter what your tormentor says, you can fire back with something like:
"Hot air makes a balloon go up. What's holding you down?"
Another secret of ranting was revealed by Rev. Ivan Stang
when, of a rejected submission to The Stark Fist, he
said: "It wandered, but not enough." A fine rant doesn't just wander,
it positively meanders. (Use this introduction as a model.) Keep
changing the subject so your listeners, with their short attention
spans, won't get bored. If you change themes between 45 and 72 times
a minute (a rhythm close to the human heartbeat) - and mystify them by
mixing metaphors - pretty soon those suckers will be putty in the palm
of your hand at your feet wrapped around your little finger.
You can also learn a great deal by studying magnificent orators of
the past. Huey P. Long taxed Standard Oil ten dollars for each barrel they
pumped in Louisiana and then gave them back 90% of it under the table.
Aaron Burr shot Alexander Hamilton.
Mark Anthony kept saying, "...but these are honorable men," all
through his speech. Remember how effective that selective repitition was in
swaying the emotions of the actors in Shakepeare's play who were cast as
Roman citizens.
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