File spoon-archives/anarchy-list.archive/anarchy-list_1999/anarchy-list.9907, message 845


Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 19:17:30 -0500 (EST)
From: danceswithcarp <dcombs-AT-bloomington.in.us>
Subject: Re: British "anarchists" threaten to burn down Bound Together Books




On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Chuck0 wrote:

> I reluctantly forward the following piece of garbage, which may divert
> some of you from your flame war with Mark Weiss. The following crap is
> why I'm thinking of giving up the label "anarchist" and hanging up my
> activist shoes. 

Honestly, Chuck0, I think you should.  You've taken way too much of a load
on yourself just with your pages and info-scouring.  I told you a few
months ago you needed to get out of the D.C. area.  When you're there so
close to the heart of The Beast the perceived immediacy of action and
invovlement has to be overwhelming.  I came to my senses a few years back;
the revolution is a global depression away and no matter what I do we
cannot force the issues to resolution because we simply don't have enough
bodies to be anything more than a public laughingstock.

So hang up everything but the infoshop and start having fun.  Everybody
has to die someday and there are no guarantees that you'll get another go
round; therefore if you don't have fun now, you may be wasting up the
onliest time on earth you'll have.   Freeing Peltier is highly desirable
but simply put, it may not be possible; same-same mumia.  Too many causes
and no victories can and most likely will make you bitter.

This is not to say you shouldn't think about these issues, or strategize,
or keep your own little collective intact.  But absent the people it takes
to implement global change, maybe you should be satisfied with dirnking
locally.

And for all of you good ol' boys out there: I got free tix to the
Brickyard 400 next weekend.  Gonna go watch them NASCARs run with the
mate, Pat.  Corporate fun.   Whoooeeeeeee.



carp






   

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