Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2003 19:01:21 -0500 From: Chuck0 <chuck-AT-mutualaid.org> Subject: Re: Infoshop.org Survey - Last chance to take it! Dave Coull wrote: > So it will be a survey of those anarchists in North America who have > computer access and who choose to answer it. A very small part of > the global anarchist population. I am not at all sure how useful > such a survey is likely to be. However, it is possible that > some state agencies might feel it provides _them_ with > useful ammunition. Most anarchists in the USA have computer access. Computer access is irrelevant, in fact, computer access is pretty available in most industrial nations around the world. If I had given out these surveys at an anarchist conference, you'd be arguing that the survey discriminated against those without travel money. This survey has been accessible to anarchists for over a month. I've sent quite a few emails about it to anarchist email lists and I've posted notices to IMC websites. Useful to state agencies? The state is going to care if 35% of anarchists call themselves anarcho-syndicalists? The state is going to care how many anarchists are vegan or belong to unions? Look, I have nothing wrong with anarchists who refuse to answer surveys on principle. That's a smart attitude to take. In fact, I will mention this when I post the survey results. Othwerwise, I'd love to hear suggestions about how to do the survey differently next time. Chuck0 ------------------------------------------------------------ Personal homepage -> http://chuck.mahost.org/ Infoshop.org -> http://www.infoshop.org/ MutualAid.org -> http://www.mutualaid.org/ Alternative Press Review -> http://www.altpr.org/ Practical Anarchy Online -> http://www.practicalanarchy.org/ Anarchy: AJODA -> http://www.anarchymag.org/ "The state can't give you free speech, and the state can't take it away. You're born with it, like your eyes, like your ears. Freedom is something you assume, then you wait for someone to try to take it away. The degree to which you resist is the degree to which you are free..." ---Utah Phillips
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