Anti-gravity

A blog should be more than just a journal of current events and thoughts; I intend to generate a lot of material by rummaging through archives and memories.

The idea of a political movement to campaign for the repeal of the Law of Gravity was first mentioned in email with Laurabelle, and later discussed on alt.fan.pratchett and other places. The bit we had the most fun with was the naming of the international branches. These were (are?):

American branch: FAMOUS

Freedom of Acceleration Movement Over the United States

English branch: MAGPIE

Movement Against Gravity’s Power In England

Australian branch: ACACIA

Anti-Compulsory-Accelaration Council In Australia

Israeli branch: IGLOO

Israeli Gravitational Lamentations Organised Organisation

Swedish branch: SWAG

Swedes Against Gravity

Belgian branch: BUGRIT

Belgian Universal Gravity Resistance Intelligence Taskforce

Credits to Laurabelle, Claire Allcock, Itai Fiat, Jens Ayton and Pia.

Sad to report, the law of gravity has not been repealed, and meanwhile, a lot more people have died from falling. If you think the fight should go on, you can leave a comment or even spread the word.