On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 03:01:51PM -0800, Throbbing Monster Cock wrote:
In this case we have your opinion that windshields
should not be knocked out, and the opinion of the
"gang" that windshields should be knocked out. What
makes your opinion that the windshields should remain
intact superior to the opinion that they should be
shattered?
Is your attempt to call the police merely another way
of saying you would resort to the use of force
(handcuffs, mace, and guns) to enforce your opinion
regarding windshields? Is force to be the ultimate
determanant of what is "right" or "wrong"? Does that
mean that if the gang has overbearing force to use
against the police, then they are now morally right
regarding the windshields?
TMC, you show an immature understanding of anarchism. Those car windows
represent work and labor on someones part, whether the builder, or
someone who traded their labor for those car windows. To destroy those
windows is to rob someone of their labor. Anarchists clearly frown on
robbery, as it is a form of coercion.
And yes, it is legitimate in anarchist society to defend your rightful
possessions with force, if force is the only solution.
Anarchists have nothing against power and authority as such; human
beings naturally have differing amounts of these. Their objection is to
the concentration of power, and to the use of authority as justification
for the abuse of power.
Jonathan
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