From: bakunin-AT-hushmail.com
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 18:57:31 -0600 (CDT)
Subject: Re: Pro-Life Anarchists?



At Thu, 21 Oct 1999 09:34:11 +0000, "Dave Coull" <davecoull-AT-uka.co.uk> wrote:

>
>I wrote
>
>>The  REAL  Bakunin would have taken the view
>>that it was the aristocrats who employed the services
>>of a wet nurse who were the parasites. But then,
>>unlike you, he was a revolutionary with a genuine
>>critique of existing society.
>
>and "bakunin" replied
>
>>I didn't realize I was in some sort of competition 
>>with a dead guy.  
>
>The reason I call myself Dave Coull is because Mrs. Coull
>gave birth to a son who got called "David" after his dad. 
>But in cases where people actually  _choose_  a name,
>you have to assume that they intend to communicate
>something by the name that they choose. You invited
>the comparison by choosing the name "bakunin".

I chose a name because I don't care to have every asshole in the world know 
who I am.  It's called privacy.  I chose "Bakunin" because I happen to think 
he was a pretty cool guy, and because that happened to be the first thing 
I tried that wasn't already taken.  I assumed that people would be bright 
enough to realize that it's just a fucking alias and that I wasn't trying 
to be some sort of clone.

>>I wasn't even advocating the use of wet-nurses, 
>>I don't even know that much about them.  
>
>Well, when you were doing your Prince Charles impersonation,
>you did say
>
>>>one could aquire the services of a wet-nurse
>
>and you now know that
>
>>>Certainly, until very recently, the aristocracy
>>>in this and other countries did indeed acquire
>>>the services of a wet-nurse from the lower classes.
>>>But how does a wet-nurse come to have milk 
>>>in her breast ? The answer is, because she has 
>>>recently had a child. The child of some aristocrat
>>>was fed with milk that had literally been taken
>>>out of the mouths of the poor.

Women can continue to breastfeed after thier own child no longer is.  There 
are also drugs that can induce lactation without pregnancy.  No child need 
have milk taken from their mouths.  Not to mention formulas, which I mentioned 
before, but you deleted in your reply.  Also obscured in your reply was 
the fact that it was mentioned only to make the point that breastfeeding 
is not parasitical in the way that pregnancy is.  It wasn't intended as 
an allusion to the social practices of nineteenth century aristocrats.

>I'm glad to have been able to help with your education.
>Stick around, and you will learn a lot more. 
>
>   Dave

If I keep listening to you I'm sure to learn how to be a condescending prick.



   
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