1. Have a point
Do you have a point? Or is your point is to antagonise someone? It is not very nice to paint your friend's/acquaintance's flaws on a banner and wave it in his or her living room. So, make a point and make it about something that is genuinely harmful for that person or society. For instance, feeding stray dogs is not necessarily the scary task you imagine it to be; allowing them to follow you back home is.
2. Write a Slogan
It should be something catchy and short. Something you can sing, chant, dance or rap. Who knows, it might gain popularity in the neighbourhood (perfect for wannabe writers/poets). You want to avoid long winded names that read like a tongue-twisters. Nobody wants to make THAT much of an effort to drive the point home.
3. Make a banner
A visual aid is like the lemon in a lemonade. It can be handmade, painted, printed or scrawled. As long as it jumps down the throat of the person it is intended for, the job is well done. A pen is mightier than a sword. And when that pen writes in bold, caps and size 125, it strikes hard.
4. Buy popcorn and drinks
Now, this will take some time, you could be cooped up in a room for hours without being able to go about your usual business. Therefore, if you're taking an off anyways, might as well stock up on food and drinks. There will be a lot of talking, a little shouting and some running around. Hence, sustenance is essential.
5. Plan a getaway
All in all, the intervention should go smoothly. The operative word being 'should'. The people intervening are always in the danger of being punched/kicked/clobbered by the intervened. It makes sense to have all your exit routes committed to memory and have a rehearsal of a quick getaway before the actual intervention begins. You never know, a few seconds can buy you a lifetime of evasion and half truths about that ill-fated intervention.
Do you have a point? Or is your point is to antagonise someone? It is not very nice to paint your friend's/acquaintance's flaws on a banner and wave it in his or her living room. So, make a point and make it about something that is genuinely harmful for that person or society. For instance, feeding stray dogs is not necessarily the scary task you imagine it to be; allowing them to follow you back home is.
2. Write a Slogan
It should be something catchy and short. Something you can sing, chant, dance or rap. Who knows, it might gain popularity in the neighbourhood (perfect for wannabe writers/poets). You want to avoid long winded names that read like a tongue-twisters. Nobody wants to make THAT much of an effort to drive the point home.
3. Make a banner
A visual aid is like the lemon in a lemonade. It can be handmade, painted, printed or scrawled. As long as it jumps down the throat of the person it is intended for, the job is well done. A pen is mightier than a sword. And when that pen writes in bold, caps and size 125, it strikes hard.
4. Buy popcorn and drinks
Now, this will take some time, you could be cooped up in a room for hours without being able to go about your usual business. Therefore, if you're taking an off anyways, might as well stock up on food and drinks. There will be a lot of talking, a little shouting and some running around. Hence, sustenance is essential.
5. Plan a getaway
All in all, the intervention should go smoothly. The operative word being 'should'. The people intervening are always in the danger of being punched/kicked/clobbered by the intervened. It makes sense to have all your exit routes committed to memory and have a rehearsal of a quick getaway before the actual intervention begins. You never know, a few seconds can buy you a lifetime of evasion and half truths about that ill-fated intervention.
nice!
ReplyDeletenow waiting for the sequel - 'How to evade an Intervention'