Chad Perrin wrote:
to be more clear: Using "anarchy" as a pejorative term betrays a great deal of bias, or at least ignorance of how the term is often used in reasonable discussion of various political philosophies. I hope you (Arno M) don't use the term "anarchy" to mean "bad chaos" when writing or editing Wikipedia articles, whether or not you personally view anarchism as a valid and valuable political philosophy.
Well, this is getting a bit off topic, but anarchy *does* also mean "bad chaos" in the English language. The word has many meanings, only one of which is the political philosophy.
To quote the OED's first definition: 1. a. Absence of government; a state of lawlessness due to the absence or inefficiency of the supreme power; political disorder. b. A theoretical social state in which there is no governing person or body of persons, but each individual has absolute liberty (without implication of disorder).
You seem to be talking of 1.b., but "anarchy" can also refer to simple lawlessness, as in Somalia, or chaotic celebrations following a sports victory.
-Mark