File spoon-archives/aut-op-sy.archive/aut-op-sy_2001/aut-op-sy.0107, message 455


From: "rcam" <rcollins-AT-netlink.com.au>
Subject: RE: AUT: re: stages
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 16:36:28 +1000


Thomas,

I'm not "hung up" on the use of the word 'stages'. But it's illustrative of
a broader problem with even having this discussion here: that, for whatever
reason, it's going to be an abstract discussion.  In part, that stems from
the fact that it's imprudent to even launch a discussion on the question of
'when is violence appropriate?', try and answer it, or even expect anyone to
answer it. (This is why I changed the subject line, btw.)

In another sense, no amount of discussion here will translate into the
concrete resolution of this question (for the better me thinks), and no one
should imagine that it might. At most, people might express their opinions
on this or that action (which is limited by a number of considerations*),
but it cannot be approached as if 'we' (whoever that might be) are planning
anything, or would ever be in a position to.

The question of permanent autonomous zones (or however one might describe
them) is, again, not assessible on any e-list in the abstract. As an
intellectual exercise, it's best left to science fiction (which I happen to
like a lot, for that reason).

Angela
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