Greek Unrest
#21
Posted 08 May 2010 - 10:23 AM
There is no civilization without civilizing, no capitalization without us capitalizing and capitulating.
#22
Posted 08 May 2010 - 11:40 AM
Walk Away, on 05 May 2010 - 09:20 AM, said:
Blood on their hands. No credibility for these idiotic thugs.
#23
Posted 08 May 2010 - 10:23 PM
joalbrito, on 08 May 2010 - 11:40 AM, said:

“Well, people got attatched. Once you cut the umbilical cord they attatched to the other things. Sight, sound, sex, money, mirages, mothers, masturbation, murder, and Monday morning hangovers.”
#25
Posted 08 May 2010 - 10:52 PM
James, on 08 May 2010 - 10:40 PM, said:

“Well, people got attatched. Once you cut the umbilical cord they attatched to the other things. Sight, sound, sex, money, mirages, mothers, masturbation, murder, and Monday morning hangovers.”
#27
Posted 09 May 2010 - 09:58 AM
Alex, on 08 May 2010 - 10:23 PM, said:
#28
Posted 09 May 2010 - 10:15 AM
Let's not start branding anyone as less-than-human. That's a dangerous path.
There is no civilization without civilizing, no capitalization without us capitalizing and capitulating.
#29
Posted 09 May 2010 - 03:35 PM
joalbrito, on 09 May 2010 - 09:58 AM, said:

“Well, people got attatched. Once you cut the umbilical cord they attatched to the other things. Sight, sound, sex, money, mirages, mothers, masturbation, murder, and Monday morning hangovers.”
#31
#32
Posted 10 May 2010 - 09:14 AM
Sentient, on 09 May 2010 - 08:08 PM, said:
That's all I have to say to you.
When Alex was killed in 2008 the anarchists warned everybody in the country that they should make their choice... these people had to decide if they were on the side of the banks or on the side of the people... and apperantly they made the wrong decision...
#33
Posted 10 May 2010 - 09:44 AM
joalbrito, on 10 May 2010 - 09:14 AM, said:
When Alex was killed in 2008 the anarchists warned everybody in the country that they should make their choice... these people had to decide if they were on the side of the banks or on the side of the people... and apperantly they made the wrong decision...

“Well, people got attatched. Once you cut the umbilical cord they attatched to the other things. Sight, sound, sex, money, mirages, mothers, masturbation, murder, and Monday morning hangovers.”
#35
Posted 10 May 2010 - 10:20 AM
joalbrito, on 10 May 2010 - 10:00 AM, said:
Yes. You're wrong. These people weren't cops. They weren't actively fighting against the anarchists. They were just going to work, trying to get by. They were working class people, doing a job they may not have even really liked because that's what they could do to get by.
And to recognize that, and to say that it's a shame that they died is not to say that the anarchists are bad people, that they should not be doing what they are doing, that they should sit around and watch tv or whatever straw man you came up with. It's just being honest and recognizing that sometimes not everything goes right, that mistakes can happen, that innocent people can get hurt. Demonizing these people because they got killed in order to sweep the moral ramifications under a rug is dangerous. That's what cops do. They use the fact that somebody got injured/killed by the cops as proof that they must have had it coming, because why would the police have done what they did otherwise? We see through that. We know it's bullshit. So why would we adopt that kind of thinking ourselves?
Taking your approach is the way to doom what's happening in Greece. Because your logic could be turned on anybody. What business is there that doesn't do some evil? You could use your kind of reasoning to justify the death of any worker. And if the Greek anarchists responded as you did they would turn off a lot of supporters by their callousness. I'm a worker. And I know that you would be writing me off as dead swine with the same smugness if it had been my office that had been burned. That makes me want to have nothing to do with you or your cause. Even though I'm an anarchist. If your way of doing things is to kill your brothers and sisters because they're not squatting and dumpstering or doing whatever it is you feel they need to do to maintain some kind of moral purity, then you can go fuck yourself. Because that's a recipe for irrelevance. I don't want to be a footnote to some stupid subculture.
follow fashion; act normal;
walk on the pavement; watch TV;
save for your old age; follow the law.
Repeat after me: I am free.
#36
Posted 10 May 2010 - 11:39 AM
Fightin_da_Man, on 10 May 2010 - 10:20 AM, said:
And to recognize that, and to say that it's a shame that they died is not to say that the anarchists are bad people, that they should not be doing what they are doing, that they should sit around and watch tv or whatever straw man you came up with. It's just being honest and recognizing that sometimes not everything goes right, that mistakes can happen, that innocent people can get hurt. Demonizing these people because they got killed in order to sweep the moral ramifications under a rug is dangerous. That's what cops do. They use the fact that somebody got injured/killed by the cops as proof that they must have had it coming, because why would the police have done what they did otherwise? We see through that. We know it's bullshit. So why would we adopt that kind of thinking ourselves?
Taking your approach is the way to doom what's happening in Greece. Because your logic could be turned on anybody. What business is there that doesn't do some evil? You could use your kind of reasoning to justify the death of any worker. And if the Greek anarchists responded as you did they would turn off a lot of supporters by their callousness. I'm a worker. And I know that you would be writing me off as dead swine with the same smugness if it had been my office that had been burned. That makes me want to have nothing to do with you or your cause. Even though I'm an anarchist. If your way of doing things is to kill your brothers and sisters because they're not squatting and dumpstering or doing whatever it is you feel they need to do to maintain some kind of moral purity, then you can go fuck yourself. Because that's a recipe for irrelevance. I don't want to be a footnote to some stupid subculture.
I am not saying that the goal of the anarchists should be to kill all people who work in a bank. However, I am saying that to bomb a bank is a good thing no matter if there are some relatively innocent victims. Also.. these people were warned that they should decide for which side they should be. I am not saying that these people were evil.. I don't know them and I can't say such thing. However, they were warned and they worked there under their own risk.
#37
Posted 10 May 2010 - 02:02 PM
joalbrito, on 10 May 2010 - 11:39 AM, said:
I am not saying that the goal of the anarchists should be to kill all people who work in a bank. However, I am saying that to bomb a bank is a good thing no matter if there are some relatively innocent victims. Also.. these people were warned that they should decide for which side they should be. I am not saying that these people were evil.. I don't know them and I can't say such thing. However, they were warned and they worked there under their own risk.
Did you even read about what happened with this incident? People have been saying that their bosses locked them in the building, and threatened to fire them if they went on strike. That's a pretty good reason to stay at work if you're a working class person. Did you not make that connection?
#38
Posted 10 May 2010 - 02:19 PM
Sentient, on 10 May 2010 - 02:02 PM, said:
Did you even read about what happened with this incident? People have been saying that their bosses locked them in the building, and threatened to fire them if they went on strike. That's a pretty good reason to stay at work if you're a working class person. Did you not make that connection?
#39
Posted 10 May 2010 - 02:27 PM
joalbrito, on 10 May 2010 - 02:19 PM, said:
#40
Posted 10 May 2010 - 02:29 PM
Sentient, on 10 May 2010 - 02:27 PM, said:
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