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