From: Anarch666-AT-aol.com
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 21:38:05 EST
Subject: Re: The Return of Chris, the happy go lucky anarchist.....


In a message dated 2/2/99 6:29:12 PM Central Standard Time,
dcombs-AT-bloomington.in.us writes:

> HFH requires people pass a Jeezus Lover Litmus Test and be of documentable
>  strong moral fibre before they consider you for a house.

  Hmm, I was not aware of that.....  
>  HFH is a middle-class oriented organization that sucks thousands of
>  volunteer hours out of the pool for just one family.  Then, those
>  middled-class that so volunteered walk away from that one project feeling
>  as if that bit of volunteering combined with paying taxes fufils their
>  social obligation to society for that year.  These samepeople that build
>  the one house that shelters one family could feed a community for a month
>  through a FNB-type organization.

  Yeah, but that's true of many organizations...If I had the time and money,
me and a group of friends would do it ourselves. Once I'm out of college and
working, I hope to make enough money to combine with a couple of other
people's cash, and start our own charity group, or, ideally, a semi-
independent community. The latter project would involve lots of fertile land,
lots of patience and money, and of course hard work. The idea being that
several of us manage to get decent paying jobs, and then we pool our resources
and buy some farm land. Then, we'd add a few more salaries to the budget and
begin growing food supplies. More people would move in to help with the
farming and matinence, and would have their needs supplied in return. You can
sorta see where this is headed. Note that this is only a conceptual stage
idea, and I'm sure it'll need lots more thought to actually work in practice.

>  These two issues alone make me reject HFH out of hand.  What I do like
>  about them is the incorporation of "sweat equity" into theier program.  
>  People who get a HFH house have to "volunteer" 500 hours wirking on the
>  homes of others.  I don't necessarily like HFH requiring this, but do
>  believe it is a principle that good anarchists shouldn't reject out of
>  hand.

That's what made me consider them in the first place.
 
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>  carp
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