Posts by Sacha
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One of the things I'm finding most depressing about a lot of the debates going on in NZ at present is that they seem to be premised on "Aim low. That way you cannot fail to achieve your goals."
.. when those goals are set by our unambitious business leaders or their proxies. Our public service has generally been world class in its intent, despite what some would have you believe.
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Ta, Sam
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First time I really appreciated Ecclestone's ability:
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regime change is not a legitimate case for war
Oil, on the other hand..
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So how was his Garthness tonight?
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I believe the construction is "remove the concept of (leadership through violence)" rather than "(remove the concept of leadership) through violence" - less depressing.
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Just to go against the prevailing mood
Same (ducks). It's always been there in the background (Baker - Pertwee was Worzel) but the writing has often been clunky and the campy tone does nothing for me. I really maintain an interest more because I know others who love the show.
And fortunately I never saw Billie Piper in that role (or as a pop singer) enough to cloud her performance in Secret Diary of a Callgirl.
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Without the police or the judiciary, you have no (semi) objective arbiters who can and do rule *against* the powerful. I've yet to see a good argument that the abolition of these systems would not just result in the powerful - groups as well as individuals - doing whatever the fuck they want to the powerless. Because there's never been a human society of any size where that *didn't* happen. It's not that individuals can't be good without law; it's that groups generally won't, especially groups of any size.
Thanks, Lucy. That's pretty much what I was wondering - what methods does anarchism propose that would replace the current functions of the police and legal system? And have those methods been shown to work for groups larger than 150?
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The Government of Iraq (elected by the Iraqi people) has asked the US to be there, therefore that the US is there isn't illegal.
Cmon, how can it count if you violently removed the previous government and installed your own puppets - same as Afghanistan. Free elections my arse.
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It seemed like a pretty safe label for an argument premised on abolishing the police and prisons - or was I insufficiently nuanced or even wrong? If so, my apologies - no offense intended.
I guess it's more anarchistic? Brain clearly getting too tired for labels; maybe tomorrow.
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