Michele's blog is so inspirational...
Anarchists are idiots... there is no other way to put it.
{addressing the assorted loonies}
You morons should do the math when it comes to ignoring the law.
If you make the laws irrelevent by insisting on breaking them whenever it suits you, others might get the idea that what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Anarchy means no one enforcing the law. It means there is no law to enforce.
Oh, you don't mean that anarchy?
You want just a little anarchy? How much is enough and who gets to decide when enough is enough?
Oh, now I understand... you want to be able to go out and break shit when you're pissed and steal things when you don't have money but corporations and governments and gangs and other organised groups shouldn't be able to do that or be able to tell you what to do or even stop you from doing what you want and they should even do what you tell them to do and you get to decide when you will work and how much you will get paid and... WTF?!
What the hell did your Mom do to you during your potty training? Did your she use one of those radio-controlled dog collars? Did she ever wean you off the tit or do you have to home soon for a feeding? You have some seriously fucked up ideas knocking around your head.
You're saying that you and your asshole buddies should be absolute dictators...
Understand, none of this is meant as a threat, this is just the logical extension of what you say you want.
Boys and girls on the anarcist left, right or middle, I want you to take note of who owns the guns and knows how to use them.
Uh, yup... it ain't you...
If it's OK for you to threaten me and mine, then it's OK for me to place a few pieces of lead in your body cavity (at high velocity) to prevent you from hurting me. Who is going to stop me? Remember, no cops...
Your cry of "Down with the pigs" and your actions to undermine authority do not create a problem for me as I can and will defend myself and my family no matter how chaotic the situation gets. I own weapons of individual destruction and practice good gun control.
You, on the other hand, are not prepared to survive anarchy.
Break my windows, I break your legs. Burn my shop, I burn your hair. Threaten my life, I take yours.
How far are you willing to go? I'll go all the way.
We had anarchy here in the Ozarks, from about 1840 to about 1880, and it produced some interesting groups. Check out these links to what anarchy brings to the common man:
Under the guise of supporting abolition or slavery (depending on the group) these folks raped, murdered and pillaged this area from around 1848 till the late 1870s.
The US Army and various US Marshalls did their best to protect the people and Judge Parker (known as The Hanging Judge) finally got it under control by trying and hanging as many of these folks as his Marshalls could catch. There were more Marshalls killed in the line of duty than killers hung at Ft Smith.
Oh, but you don't support the death penalty...
I can imagine anti-globalization and radical environmentalism as well as the crazies on the other side getting just as out of control in a state of anarchy. I would prefer that not happen. If it means hunting your asses down and sending you to prison (say, you sure got a purty mouth) then so be it...
You will not win, we will not sink back into that pit we clawed our way out of just because you don't like the system.
Now go home, it's your dinner time and your mommy is lactating.
Posted by Mike S at January 19, 2003 05:28 PMAnarchy: "absense of government"
"Government" needs a thing called "authority" or "the right to rule" in order to exist. That right doesn't exist. Ergo, "government" doesn't exist.
People often use the term "government" to describe a gang of thugs and con-artists enforcing a protection racket.
Tell me if this makes any sense: "We neeeeeeed a gang of thugs robbing us to protect us from gangs of thugs who want to rob us."
I'm an anarchist who owns guns and eschews stealing and the initiation of force against other people. Maybe you're under the impression that anarchists are those that you see on television running around "smashing the state" by trashing local businesses. I think a better term for them would be "morons," not "anarchists."
I also support the death penalty. You invade my home and try harming my family, you get shot to death. The same goes for people that try to "hunt my ass down and send me to prison" because I'm opposed to a gang enforcing a protection racket.
Posted by: Wayne on July 14, 2003 09:56 PM