Assassinations

[What Would Jesus Do?]

"As to killing rulers, it depends entirely on the position of the ruler. If it is the Russian Czar, I most certainly believe in dispatching him to where he belongs. If the ruler is as ineffectual as an American President, it is hardly worth the effort. There are, however, some potentates I would kill by any and all means at my disposal. They are Ignorance, Superstition, and Bigotry — the most sinister and tyrannical rulers on earth." -- Emma Goldman

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

No Emma fans here?

 

[BrianNole777]

No Emma fans here?

I always get her confused with Rosa Luxembourg.

 

[seminole97]

No Emma fans here?

What do anarchists suggest we do about pollution?

 

[pjhawk]

No Emma fans here?

Her Center?

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

What do anarchists suggest we do about pollution?

Beats me, but probably "stop."

The militants might attack major polluters.

It's hard to find any sane individuals who think polluting is a good thing. Yet somehow it's easy to find many corporations willing to spend $millions upon $millions to defend their "right" to pollute.

In those rare cases where anarchists were in charge - such as Spain in the 1930s before fascists and capitalists destroyed them - they looked for consensus solutions which people would cooperate to implement. Hard to imagine that being enough in the 1st century, but it's a nice idea.

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

Her Center?

??

 

[NDallasRuss]

"As to killing rulers, it depends entirely on the position of the ruler. If it is the Russian Czar, I most certainly believe in dispatching him to where he belongs. If the ruler is as ineffectual as an American President, it is hardly worth the effort. There are, however, some potentates I would kill by any and all means at my disposal. They are Ignorance, Superstition, and Bigotry — the most sinister and tyrannical rulers on earth." -- Emma Goldman

Not real familiar with her. She certainly didn't appear to be a very happy person. Maybe a lifetime spent "fighting the power" and "sticking it to the Man" (and the resultant pushback from the power/Man) takes its toll and sucks all the joy out of your life. Or maybe she was already miserable, and she needed someone to blame for it.

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

Not real familiar with her. She certainly didn't appear to be a very happy person. Maybe a lifetime spent "fighting the power" and "sticking it to the Man" (and the resultant pushback from the power/Man) takes its toll and sucks all the joy out of your life. Or maybe she was already miserable, and she needed someone to blame for it.

Maybe not, but I don't think being happy was the point. She was a serious thinker and activist against exploitation, corruption, and capitalist wars. She may not have always been right, but she was always on the right side.

 

[pjhawk]

??

I guess it's technically the "Emma Goldman Clinic" in Iowa City.

 

[Hawki97]

No Emma fans here?

There are some people in Iowa City who really hate her. They stand in front of her building and everything.

 

[seminole97]

Beats me, but probably "stop."
The militants might attack major polluters.
It's hard to find any sane individuals who think polluting is a good thing.

Are there any sane individuals who think letting ‘militants’ attack whomever they consider a major polluter is a ‘good thing’?
Because that sounds ****ing nuts.

On the global scale with your billions of peers you are most certainly a major polluter.
Who isn’t justified by this logic in attacking you?

In those rare cases where anarchists were in charge -

LOL at the notion of anarchy with anyone ‘in charge’.

 

[jamesvanderwulf]

I would kill by any and all means at my disposal. They are Ignorance, Superstition, and Bigotry —

How do you decide using this criteria if you're killing them before they are born?

 

[GES4]

"As to killing rulers, it depends entirely on the position of the ruler. If it is the Russian Czar, I most certainly believe in dispatching him to where he belongs. If the ruler is as ineffectual as an American President, it is hardly worth the effort. There are, however, some potentates I would kill by any and all means at my disposal. They are Ignorance, Superstition, and Bigotry — the most sinister and tyrannical rulers on earth." -- Emma Goldman

A dopey unrealistic dreamer just like Ayn Rand.