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From: tws@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Thomas Sarver)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: New Mailing List to Discuss Anarchism
Summary: About Anarchy, not Anarchists
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Date: 16 Apr 88 20:31:09 GMT
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In article <551@amethyst.ma.arizona.edu> hdunne@amethyst.ma.arizona.edu (|-|ugh) writes:

>It's a facile cliche to say that the net is anarchy, chaos etc. However, a
>mailing list for anarchism would be useful for discussing practical problems
>of setting up or making the transition to an anarchic society, e.g. how would
>such a society survive when surrounded by nation-states, how would it protect
>its cultural and historical heritage, etc. At least that's the kind of
>question I would want to see discussed.

So what we are really talking about is not a newsgroup for anarchists but one
for those who like to *TALK* about anarchy.  One escapes the self-contradiction
of anarchists tying themselves to the implications of being in a newsgroup by
saying that these people aren't really anarchists.  By stating "I wish to join
this newsgroup in order to discuss Anarchy," one is avoiding saying "I am an
anarchist that wishes to use an implictly rule-ordered system in order to
discuss my beliefs with other anarchists."  I believe that the newsgroup would
interesting, and I, therefore, would like to be placed on the mailing list.

Thank you,
--Thomas Sarver
"There is an inverse relation to the level of public education in a given
country and its birthrate.  If they're in school, they have less time to fool
around."