Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 10:24:08 -0400
From: Chuck0 <chuck-AT-tao.ca>
Subject: Re: Moving on from Eugene


Dennis Soper wrote:

> As for the riot, I've got some impressions of what happened.  I was
> kinda leery of the whole thing from the get-go, as it was Zerzan's
> (self-proclaimed king of the anarchists) pals who set it up, and I
> really don't like my name associated with that self-aggrandizing
> fuckwad.  Anyway I was going to go to the conference, but fate
> intervened.  I didn't go to the conference on Wednesday, as a
> friend's computer died and he had to have it back up for work on
> Thursday.  Then on Thursday, I found out my kitty had cancer, and
> I really didn't feel like going anywhere-- which is probably a good
> thing, as will be related below.

Thanks, Dennis, this provides a first-hand account that is valuable. It
looks liek the situation was more complex that it appeared and that we
should all challenge our assumptions. I'm willing to say that it sounds
like SOME of the anarchists there were a disgrace to our good name. But
we shouldn't condemn the whole thing simply because we don't like John
Zerzan.


Chuck0