RSOL Goes To Sweden

by Kelly R Piercy with Sandra (South Carolina)

Sandra, the State Organizer for South Carolina, an RSOL Affiliate, was contacted by Magnus Arvidson, a Swedish Documentarian and Media Personality on Swedish National Radio.

Sweden is considering a registry scheme, though the Swedish legislature is resistant to the idea. Magnus decided that registries needed to be investigated, understood, and openly discussed before any decision was made.

Of course, Sweden does not have a registry to investigate so Magnus set out to discover what a registry is, how it works, what it accomplishes, and what effect it has. He contacted the South Carolina State Organizer for the RSOL South Carolina Affiliate from the many options available to him and, through some weeks of discussion, arranged to travel to the United States to meet with Sandra and interview her for his documentary.

Sandra met with Magnus and his wife in her home town and spent time with them. Magnus took the opportunity to interview the local police and ride along with them as they went about their duties with respect to the registry.

After some days, Magnus, his wife, and Sandra traveled to Georgia to meet with the RSOL State Affiliate, Georgians For Reform, State Organizer. This was the first meeting between these two State Organizers and had the dual purpose of providing information for the documentary and a new State Organizer, Sandra, meeting with an established State Organizer, Kelly.

Magnus decided the best plan for his documentary was for the two organizers to discuss their work and share ideas while he functioned as a moderator. The plan was to get about an hour of tape. Alas, the plan fell through as Kelly and Sandra engaged in a conversation that lasted well over three hours.

The opportunity to present factual information in a non confrontational, conversational atmosphere was more than cathartic. There was a freedom experienced by both Sandra and Kelly as they discussed strategies and tactics.

Sandra brought a fresh perspective, loaded with emotion to the table while Kelly, in his somewhat jaded and cynical manner, focused on what is working for Georgia, Texas, Virginia, New Mexico, Ohio, Illinois, and other states.

The initial results of the interview can be heard, half in Swedish, at:

http://www.sr.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=3052&artikel=3232248

or, if you do not want to bother with the way cool Swedish radio station, you can go directly to the program at:

http://www.sr.se/laddahem/podradio/sr_p3_verkligheten_091116015910.mp3

At last report, the video will be available in about 5 months.

As we continue to be effective in our own states and nation, word is spreading across the globe that there is a better way to deal with this issue than the way we are dealing with it in the United States. Every opportunity to get the facts presented brings more pressure to counter those who drive the hysteria that creates this misery.

I know our two State Organizers, Georgia and South Carolina will not forget the opportunity Sandra made possible with her courage to speak out. I also know that as Georgia moves forward, we will bring South Carolina along. Soon we will catch up with Florida and begin to drive a wedge into the hysteria that creates the registry from this corner of the nation.

As Magnus left Georgia, his last words to Kelly were, "Keep fighting."