Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 21:46:52 -0800
From: Joshua Houk <jlhouk-AT-mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: Agent Zero, Tad Kepley, and nominative prefixes




Erik wrote:

> As far as mentioning TK's drug abuse, i on the contrary do think it is
> important not to cover it with the mantle of love. Too many people got hurt
> in the process (as a former alcoholic i know how this happens, and don't
> mind serving as an example how uncontrolled drinking can ruin many things).
>
> I do agree that not every post should mention it.

Okey, then.

> As far as BB is concerned, since so many people fall over their feet to put
> him on a pedestal (as with bookchin) i guess pulling them down again is as
> welcome too.

That's fine, too - excellent point that I didn't think of.

And, lest anyone mistake my sentiments - I ain't putting no one on no
pedestal. The problem that I have is that some people are attacking their
ideas by detailing their actions; a problem for me since I share some of their
ideas.

Don't think that I agree with everything Black says, either. Some of his stuff
is boring, and some of his stuff is just plain wrong.

With the legal docs out of the way...

> I think i got to anarchism by looking up its meaning in a dictionary. So
> what?

You got me there.
 
> Is this good or bad ?
> 
> Sorry, just joking.
> 
> Not really : what happened to the american (i suppose you mean the u$a)
> anarch scene since this influx ?

Oops, yea, USA (tho Bookchin's worried about the popularity of Black in the
Netherlands, too). And maybe I overstated his impact - at least in terms of a
visible "scene", and possibly Hakim Bey should be placed above Black in that
regard (however much I disagree with the TAZ concept, it got its tethers in
more than a few people). I'm sorry, I don't get out much. Maybe Chuck0 can
say. Assuming that he's in agreement, of course!

> Don't you think we (you and me and all the rest) tend always to see our own
> period as the most important ?

Oops, I didn't mean to stress importance: obviously the most important period
in the US anarchist movement was 1880-1920.

> Need to pat yourself on teh shoulder ? But yes, i think you're right too.

Obviously no one else is going to do it! :)

Joshua H