>>We all, however, know that Doug is a socialist of the Oscar Wilde sort:
>>
>>***** And as I have mentioned the word labour, I cannot help
>>saying that a great deal of nonsense is being written and talked
>>nowadays about the dignity of manual labour. There is nothing
>>necessary dignified about manual labour at all, and most of it is
>>absolutely degrading. It is mentally and morally injurious to man
>>to do anything in which he does not find pleasure, and many forms
>>of labour are quite pleasureless activities, and should be regarded
>>as such. To sweep a slushy crossing for eight hours on a day when
>>the east wind is blowing is a disgusting occupation. To sweep it
>>with mental, moral, or physical dignity seems to me to be
>>impossible. To sweep it with joy would be appalling. Man is made
>>for something better than disturbing dirt. All work of that kind
>>should be done by a machine. ("The Soul of Man under Socialism")
>>*****
>
>I'd actually love to see your specific critique of this Yoshie. I
>presume you're implying one. I may in fact put this on all my
>Christmas cards. If I ever get around to any.
I'm a _big_ fan of Oscar Wilde, so no criticism is implied here (with regard to Doug, it's between compliment & backhanded compliment). Wilde's remarks still stand as a pretty good jab at workerism. I'm not in favor of "post-work" or "post-materialist" anarchism, though, and neither is Doug, I'd think.
Yoshie
P.S. I'm overposting again, but don't be a Grinch, Doug!