From: Zloduska (kjseelna@students.wisc.edu)
Date: Wed Jul 10 2002 - 22:28:48 MDT
>[Blunderov]
>I, for one, am happy to forgo the dubious pleasure of reading material
>on paper that would be more appropriate scribed on a lavatory wall.
Better yet, said paper could be used for T.P. instead. After we run out of
pages in the Holy Bible that is. Flags on the other hand, come in handy for
roasting marshmallows.
>
> [Blunderov]
> Don’t do yourself down – a very well considered post and quite distinctly
> Hermetish. I miss him too.
Oh, thanks, but I don't seek to imitate him, it's just that anything that takes
a considerable amount of time to read is considered a "Hermit" post by me.
Richard:
>My reading of Zloduska's post was that it advocated a form of European
>social democracy. While one can argue the merits and demerits of such
>ideologies, I think it fair to observe that it has nothing whatsoever to do
>anarchism. Unless you think that states like Holland and Belgium are
>essentially anarchist?
They are essentially hip and touristy, not anarchist. Although you did
understand my words quite well, I actually am not an "advocate" of social
democracy, more like an ally. I have always considered myself to be
apolitical. True to my "Libra" nature, I cannot choose a side. I agree with
socialists in many ways, but would never join them. I have had many run-in
with them on campus and have socialist friends, but their organizations are too
much like some groovy kind of socially-conscious Borg collective. Cool except
for the memebot you're-with-us-or-either-against-us attitude. In short,
capitalists and patriots always mistake me for a communist traitor, and
socialists always see me as a capitalist sympathizer. Weep, always
misunderstood I am. Post-modern socialists are kind of like the Universal
Unitarians of politics, if you ask me.
>....i think i speak for zloduska when i say that i dont hate america, i hate
>what it's turning into, and i hate most the fact that it is doing so whilst
>in a position to truly be a freedom-loving modern utopia of sorts. consider
>the young age of our nation, consider that many european nations are
>bursting at the seams with overpopulation, consider that they dont have 1/10
>of the resources we have, maybe not even 1/50th...and yet they enjoy very
>rich lives; happy and free lives that americans cant even imagine anymore.
True. What is sacrificed for comfort there, is made up for in happiness and
fun. Except when you have to evade being arrested by the French police by
paying a bribe. ;-) But Europeans are better at having a good time without the
anxiety of being persecuted for it.
Hmm. My mouth still tastes of gummy bears.
That is all.
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