#5357 - 05/22/03 02:49 PM
The art of Anarchy
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Okay fist off sorry about the dumb post... as you can see I am a newbie here and my first post weren't really smart. I know being new is no exception for my stupidity. I have read a lot of files on anarchy and I don't know what anarchy is anymore... is it just simple chaos and madness? Or is it a philosophy on freeing our suppressed selves in this bleak society? Or am I reading way to far into it? I know that all newbies can't just be spoon feed info and told what to do... but I really don't know what to do. Maybe some of you seasoned veterans can help me out. What is anarchy really about? Havoc and mayhem? Or meaningful  destruction <img border="0" alt="  " title="" src="graemlins/devil.gif" /> ?
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#5365 - 05/27/03 05:15 AM
Re: The art of Anarchy
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#5368 - 05/27/03 05:45 AM
Re: The art of Anarchy
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Actually I have a recommendation for you. Go to your local Barnes and Noble and pick up The Republic, by Plato. They've got a Classics series going on right now, and you can get it for 4 bucks. It's not about the Republic form of government, but really more about social contracts between a government and society. Plato explores what he would deem to be an ideal government, not a specific form, but the people involved in the government. He wrote this when he founded an Academy in Athens, the purpose of which was to develop philosopher statesmen. This is when he was fairly young, in his early 20s. When you're finished with that, read Laws, which was his final work. It's essentially a reexamination of the Republic, the flaws in his ideas, and how best to improve upon them.
Read those two works and you will understand another way of thinking regarding the relationship between society and government. You may not agree with any or all of the views, but having an understanding of multiple views allows you to better analyze information, solidify, and improve upon your own views.
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#5370 - 05/27/03 09:49 PM
Re: The art of Anarchy
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Sorry... I just don't know what anarchy is about and if there are any lines I shouldn't cross before I enact apon my new found belief... err... How can you beleive in something you don't understand? I beleive the word for that is 'Poser'. Infinite
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#5374 - 05/31/03 05:45 AM
Re: The art of Anarchy
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Originally posted by unreal: "BUT UNREEL U JUST DONT GET IT LOL!!"
The only reason you discuss anarchy is because you have the idea in your brain that you're special, and that you have it rough because you have to get up and go to school. There are no deep philosophical underpinnings to anarchy. Actually, there IS philosophy on anarchy. I've read lots of it. Not suprisingly, a lot of it is about how anarchy DOESN'T work as a successful, functioning government, but is only successful in poetry. But you wouldn't know about such literature because you think that ... anarchy is is a bunch of ignorant suburban kids who think they can make a difference. This is where your wrong. Anarchy has been around a lot longer than bored, pissed off suburban kids. Just because said people happened to be interested in it, doesn't mean it makes up all anarchist worldwide. Open your mind. If this [censored] bothers you so much why don't you stay out of the discussion. Let the "ignorant" people carry on their thoughts of the subject without your crued pointless criticism. Not to be disrespectful, but this IS the [censored] anarchy section of the board. What else should we talk about?
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#5378 - 06/03/03 06:49 AM
Re: The art of Anarchy
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Originally posted by Deviation187: Anarchy is a form of governemnt :-P I thought it was the absence of government. Originally posted by Asteos: The only problem is that people mistake anarchy for pointless criminal activity. That is exactly what anarchy is. If you want to destroy [censored] and wreak mindless havok upon everything, your probably an anarchist, or a psychopath. They have a place for these people that want to oppose the rules, its called prison. The dictionary calls it a Utopian Society with out rules, [censored] that. It also calls it disorder, that's more like it. All these people who think anarchy is some great society with no leaders where everyone is lives in harmony and everything is great has mistaken it for communism where everyone is equal and shares and blah blah blah. All the [censored] that will never happen because people are, greedy, jealous, envious, selfish, generally [censored] in the head... I'm sure you get the picture. I really dont give a [censored] about what someone wrote in a book a few hundred years ago when everyone was wrong about the world being flat. I don't know about you, but my utoipia has order. Anarchy would deffinately NOT be utopian it would be more like hell; disorder, chaos, wide-spread panic. It would be a society with no repercutions for your actions. Now we live in a society of fear. We all live in fear. why didnt you kill that kid that made fun of you? Take that thing you wanted from the store? Fear of the rules. Fear of the repercutions. Anyone who leads a lawless life is an anarchist. Everytime you step out of line you practice anarchy. Does this lifestyle lead to anywhere? Prison or early death. Does unreal doing whatever he wants fit under anarchy? Damn straight. Do bombs and people nearly blowing themselves up fit under anarchy? yeah. Is it gonna be funny laughing at the gimps missing fingers cause they blew them off? Hell yeah!
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Okay WTF?
by HenryMiring on 09/27/17 08:45 AM
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