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To: RevNan
The girl is actually a pacifist. Anarchists aren't necessarily pacifists. Many do actually believe in organization (contrary to the common joke about that.)

But anarchists want a sort of spontaneous order which I think history has shown is not particularly robust. Hence I myself am a minarchist -- minimist government, police, courts of last resort, and national defense.

Clearly we have to kill the terrorists before they kill us and impose Islam on the survivors. So even us miniarchists say "bombs away!" We are not pacifists. We believe in self-defense.

I know lots of youngsters are pacifists -- its a fallacy of thinking that they can grow out of. :-)

2 posted on 11/01/2001 5:38:18 PM PST by jlogajan
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To: jlogajan
Pacifism only works when you are dealing with an enemy that will allow you to set the level of violence. Pacifism against a brutal foe who would just as soon murder you as not is a foolish ideal. Look what pacifism did for the Jews.
19 posted on 11/01/2001 6:30:01 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants
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