Wednesday, August 13, 2008

I think people are more important than institutions. Thinking otherwise leads to three conclusions:
1. That people are not really morally autonomous, self-aware beings, which at least leads to terroristic violence (Bolshevism) and ultimately begs the question: are we nothing but beasts? In which case, how can you NOT justify murder, so long as the Institution is the one commiting murder?
2. Absolute and unconditional pacifism (to counter the above).
3.It is legitimate to base, value and judge beings on a pre-concieved idea of "intelligence", thus allowing 19th and 20th cent notions of "degeneracy" to be legitimised (feeble-minded,chav, lumpenproletariat, northerner and worse etc)

As an Anarchist,in fact this maintains my belief in Anarchism, I cannot condone murder and terrorism in general, or pacifism as circumstances may lead or force one to defend themselves and the ones they love, because I believe that the most important thing is to accept and treat one's fellows (and one's self) as if they are morally autonomous, self-aware beings, even if they act otherwise, for surely Freedom cannot happen if no-one has any conception of it (?) and no-one will ACT LIKE MASAB unless they are treated so.