tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post112713780621125483..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: So Who Wants to Be an Anarchist?Hunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1128021988530106722005-09-29T15:26:00.000-04:002005-09-29T15:26:00.000-04:00I don't buy the whole premise for archaism. How c...I don't buy the whole premise for archaism. How can you have order without authority? Even if the authority derives from the people then it is still authority. Without any authority everyone seeks there own personal best interest (like they did in New Orleans). It would be as you say chaos. This is probably why you do not have big anarchist organizations, everyone would try to do things their own personal way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1127321045435550502005-09-21T12:44:00.000-04:002005-09-21T12:44:00.000-04:00I was vague in my last post, sorry.The preception ...I was vague in my last post, sorry.<BR/><BR/>The preception that anarchists are vandals etc... comes not just from me, but from my colleagues as well, the vast majority of which are Gore/Kerry voters.<BR/><BR/>I believe that Eugene still has a large <A HREF="http://www.registerguard.com/news/2005/09/18/ed.letters.0918.p1.php" REL="nofollow">anarchist</A> population (halfway down page).<BR/><BR/>Again ... I am talking about *perception*.Barry Vanhoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04006891046091646808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1127302110002797302005-09-21T07:28:00.000-04:002005-09-21T07:28:00.000-04:00"I have to disagree that usage dictates meaning......"I have to disagree that usage dictates meaning..."<BR/><BR/>Perhaps usage dictates interpretation would be more accurate.<BR/><BR/>The same can be said for the word liberal. A liberal today is most definitely different than a liberal of 100 years ago.Barry Vanhoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04006891046091646808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1127301770552143342005-09-21T07:22:00.000-04:002005-09-21T07:22:00.000-04:00"I still suspect you're wrong but at least now it'..."I still suspect you're wrong but at least now it's open to doubt. Let me guess you live in Eastern Oregon?"<BR/><BR/><BR/>Western Oregon.<BR/><BR/>I live in Benton County, just north of Eugene, AKA kook central.<BR/><BR/>The vast majority of my colleagues were Gore/Kerry voters. These are the poeple (and myself) whom I speak of.Barry Vanhoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04006891046091646808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1127258072261010272005-09-20T19:14:00.000-04:002005-09-20T19:14:00.000-04:00I’d beg to differ with anarchist; what happened in...I’d beg to differ with anarchist; what happened in New Orleans sure was <A HREF="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=anarchy" REL="nofollow">anarchy</A> according to dictionary.com.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1127252143529292932005-09-20T17:35:00.000-04:002005-09-20T17:35:00.000-04:00I should've qualified my statement.Most non-allege...I should've qualified my statement.<BR/><BR/>Most non-alleged-anarchist Oregonians ...Barry Vanhoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04006891046091646808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1127239613224018392005-09-20T14:06:00.000-04:002005-09-20T14:06:00.000-04:00My perception:If you are a conservative in favor o...My perception:<BR/><BR/>If you are a conservative in favor of "states rights" you are branded a bigot.<BR/><BR/>If you are a liberal in favor of "states rights" you are merely pissed off about Bush v. Gore 2000 and/or you live in Oregon and want to smoke dope.<BR/><BR/>Again ... just my perception.Barry Vanhoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04006891046091646808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1127238847035133942005-09-20T13:54:00.000-04:002005-09-20T13:54:00.000-04:00Supporting states' rights gets you branded a bigot...Supporting states' rights gets you branded a bigot? Despite the ill uses to which states rights have been put, people should take way more time to understand the principles of your position before doing that. That's just shoddy thinking.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1127182598409359122005-09-19T22:16:00.000-04:002005-09-19T22:16:00.000-04:00He is quite good, isn't he? Nevertheless, the com...He is quite good, isn't he? Nevertheless, the compliment stands.Hunter Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1127165496482438062005-09-19T17:31:00.000-04:002005-09-19T17:31:00.000-04:00Hunter -- if you put my name in the same sentence ...Hunter -- if you put my name in the same sentence with James Lileks's again (in the absence of some prominent emblem of negation like not, never, no way....) my ego will get so large I'll have to go confess my sins of pride in one of those lame-o face-to-face "reconciliation rooms" that look like the hospital cubicles where you register for outpatient surgery.Kathy Hutchinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11851875819094837357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1127164676298144102005-09-19T17:17:00.000-04:002005-09-19T17:17:00.000-04:00Thanks, Jay. If anyone would like to see more of J...Thanks, Jay. If anyone would like to see more of John's New York photos, he's posted some <A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wastrel/" REL="nofollow">here</A>.<BR/><BR/>(For the curious: most, but not all, of the photo titles are from the Pogues song <A HREF="http://www.lyricsfreak.com/p/pogues/109739.html" REL="nofollow">Thousands are Sailing</A>.)Kathy Hutchinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11851875819094837357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1127164168378523252005-09-19T17:09:00.000-04:002005-09-19T17:09:00.000-04:00Really dug the photos, Kathy. You're doing your o...Really dug the photos, Kathy. You're doing your own James Lileks thing here. Good stuff.Hunter Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1127160315209952502005-09-19T16:05:00.000-04:002005-09-19T16:05:00.000-04:00Can anarchists have a spokesperson?Here in Oregon,...Can anarchists have a spokesperson?<BR/><BR/>Here in Oregon, anarchists are percieved as vandals and business haters (esp. certain coffee and burger joints).<BR/><BR/>That perception is at least partly true, and the news media perpetuates that perception.<BR/><BR/>When the anti-war demonstrations in Portland erupted in violence a few years ago the "demonstrators" blamed all of the vandalism on anarchists; the news media just parrotted those comments without investigation.<BR/><BR/>Hence my question.<BR/><BR/>If the anarchists are *NOT* the vandals that we (I) percieve them to be, why have they not tried to set the record straight?<BR/><BR/>I believe Kathy is saying that my perception is very close to reality.Barry Vanhoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04006891046091646808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1127159523971274882005-09-19T15:52:00.000-04:002005-09-19T15:52:00.000-04:00Fabulous, Kathy. The photographs, the arguments: ...Fabulous, Kathy. The photographs, the arguments: a classic.Jay D. Homnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14714671338316275833noreply@blogger.com