> On 22/07/2007, at 6:12 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>
>> ... oil and car companies can turn me into a
>> bomb-throwing anarchist...
>
> From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Damn it, I'm sick and tired of all these misconceptions and bad press
> concerning anarchism.
I agree. Politicians and vernacular usage tend to define "anarchy" as
"lawlessness." But it also means "freedom from government."
The New Oxford American Dictionary includes both definitions:
1) a state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority
2) absence of government and absolute freedom of the individual,
regarded as a political ideal.
Especially with the second definition, you can see how anarchy is
seen as a threat to job security to politicians, so they tend to
speak of it in the worst possible terms.
Anarchy would mean politicians are made redundant. That might appeal
to many who can't agree on anything else!
:::: I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our
moneyed corporations which dare already to challenge our government
to a trial of strength. -- Thomas Jefferson ::::
:::: Jan Steinman, Communications Steward, EcoReality: http://
www.EcoReality.org ::::
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