Re: MD The Quality of removing Saddam Hussein from power.

From: john williams (ducati900@bigpond.com)
Date: Wed Feb 05 2003 - 11:04:52 GMT

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    Hi Sam

    "Anarchism is not a fixed set of ideas; it's a tendency in human thought
    > that is trying to identify kinds of authority and domination and, if they
    > can't justify themselves which they rarely can, to work to overcome them.
    > that means overcoming state authority. It also means overcoming the
    > autocracy of capitalist enterprise, which is simply another form of
    > hierarchy and domination. It means overcoming sexist repression. Whatever
    > you find. Sometimes authority can be justified. So, for example, you stop
    a
    > three-year old kid from running across the street into traffic. That's
    > authority, but I think you can give a justification for it. However, the
    > burden of proof is always on those with the authority. They have to
    > demonstrate that their authority and control is legitimate and that
    > justification can very rarely be given." (Chomsky)

    Hear, hear

    John from The Rock

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Elizaphanian" <elizaphanian@tiscali.co.uk>
    To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
    Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 8:15 PM
    Subject: Re: MD The Quality of removing Saddam Hussein from power.

    > Hi John,
    >
    > > I wouldn't call your post on going to war the veiws of a conservative
    > either, seems pretty radical to me.
    >
    > Perhaps I shouldn't be accepting other people's (DMB's) descriptions of me
    > then :o)
    >
    > Unlike almost all conservatives I've ever met, I do quite like reading
    > Chomsky, for example, even when I disagree with his ultimate conclusions.
    I
    > think authority can be justified more often than the 'rarely' in the
    > quotation below - but I do agree that authority needs to be justified.
    > That's the transition accomplished by, first and foremost, John Locke.
    Where
    > my perspective differs from some others (eg Chomsky or DMB) is that I
    don't
    > think 'reason' or 'intellect' is, by itself, an adequate guide - that
    there
    > is a higher authority than that. But that's a whole other thread...
    >
    > Sam
    >
    > >
    >
    >
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