I don't think it's the study of history which made you cynical.
Heh. Probably not. Didn't help, though.
Given the rhetoric on the right, should they actually try to kill all the "liberals" the result will be Stalin, or Lebanon. In either case they shant get what they expect, and a lot of blood will be shed, on all sides.
Hey, that sounds familiar...
Problem is, a fair amount of the folks in the top rungs right now are awfully fond of the notion that will alone is needed to achieve goals, and actual results don't matter. Some folks will just keep grabbing that electified muffin, no matter how many times they get zapped. When it's other folks getting zapped, well...why even think about stopping?
As for the social breakdown = anarchy, you might wanna listen to a certain masked insurrectionist, currently being played by Hugo Weaving: "This isn't anarchy, Evie. This is chaos." Lotta folks conflate the two. Society is not government, and can (and has, on many many occasions) get along just fine without it.
But I'm kinda derailing your thread. Sorry about that. In short, I agree with your initial thesis that armed liberals is a positive social good, and should be encouraged. I would also probably buy one of those t-shirts, especially if you make one with a IWW tag on it too.
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Date: 2006-01-13 07:16 am (UTC)Heh. Probably not. Didn't help, though.
Given the rhetoric on the right, should they actually try to kill all the "liberals" the result will be Stalin, or Lebanon. In either case they shant get what they expect, and a lot of blood will be shed, on all sides.
Hey, that sounds familiar...
Problem is, a fair amount of the folks in the top rungs right now are awfully fond of the notion that will alone is needed to achieve goals, and actual results don't matter. Some folks will just keep grabbing that electified muffin, no matter how many times they get zapped. When it's other folks getting zapped, well...why even think about stopping?
As for the social breakdown = anarchy, you might wanna listen to a certain masked insurrectionist, currently being played by Hugo Weaving: "This isn't anarchy, Evie. This is chaos." Lotta folks conflate the two. Society is not government, and can (and has, on many many occasions) get along just fine without it.
But I'm kinda derailing your thread. Sorry about that. In short, I agree with your initial thesis that armed liberals is a positive social good, and should be encouraged. I would also probably buy one of those t-shirts, especially if you make one with a IWW tag on it too.