From: "Old Goat" <olgoat-AT-kdsi.net>
Subject: Re: not surprised
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 00:18:49 -0500


Don't let the door hit you in the arse on your way out, bubba.

 old goat
"Never try to catch two frogs in one hand."
  ---Chinese proverb


----- Original Message -----
From: Shawn Ewald <shawn-AT-wilshire.net>
To: <anarchy-list-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 09:34
Subject: Re: not surprised


> On 24 Sep 2001, at 6:58, gracchus wrote:
>
> > but i am a little disappointed.  it's already becoming evident that a
> > couple weeks after this, most everybody has resumed saying exactly
> > what they said before it happened.  didn't take long to come up with a
> > plausible cover story to cast the blame or ease the guilt or whatever.
> >
> > frankly, this calls for a lot more creativity.  i watched 6500 people
> > die.  anybody else have that happen to them before last week?  sure,
> > INTELLECTUALLY, i know of worse disasters and crimes (far worse), but
> > we all WATCHED (sorry for shouting) this one.  makes a difference in
> > oh so many ways.
> >
>
> First of all, you're posting this to a list where many people don't even
> take their political views seriously, except in an obsessive D&D gamer
> sort of way (i.e. from: "my flaming sword of cuthulu defeats your cloak
> of invincibility!" to: "anarcho-so-an-so sucks anarcho-dogmatism is the
> true revolutionary path!"). At least that's my opinion of many of the
> posters here. Either that or they just wank about irrelevancies.
>
> Many people on this list use their political philosophy as a substitute
> for interacting with people in a substantive way and you actually expect
> them to talk about how they feel about thousands of people dying?
>
> On the other hand what do you really expect from people? You want us all
> to work on a made-for-TV movie about this or something? You saw a
> horrible, unspeakable thing, but people see horrible, unspeakable things
> the world over all the time -- the difference is "our" government and the
> plutocrats they represent are directly and indirectly responsible for
> *those* unspeakable acts.
>
> I had friends in New York I was worried sick about the first couple days
> after the attack, but fortunately everyone I know is OK. I know I am not
> the first person in the world to be in such a situation. Perspective is
> important to understanding.
>
> Actually, I haven't been all that happy with this list since I joined it
> last spring and the reaction to this event has pretty much caused me to
> decide to unsubscribe. This is just not an interesting place.
>
> Shawn
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