http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/04/18697383.php?show_comments=1#18697723
The large majority of comments seem to approve. Here are two consecutive comments, one pro- and one anti-
Pro:
> Thank you so much for articulating exactly the flavor of
> "incandescent" rage i have been attempting to express since the last
> of us was released from Santa Rita yesterday. i too identify with the
> political and tactical position you take here, and find myself to have
> been strongly radicalized to prevent internal schisms within the
> movement that produce such effects like this.
>
> while we 25 women were sitting in our 2 jail cells all day Thursday,
> we talked long and hard about this - we represented a fair diversity
> of perspectives, and even the most solidly supportive of the black
> bloc position agreed that this situation was fucked, in precisely the
> ways you lay out.
>
> i am not anti-black-bloc philosophy, but that shit was, in fact, just
> stupid and self-aggrandizing. if you're going to engage in radical
> actions, be fucking SMART about it, and analyze the potential outcomes
> - especially the ones which you yourself are not going to have to pay.
Anti:
> eVERYONE SEEMS TO HAVE AN IDEAL OF HOW THINGS SHOULD BE AND THEN THEY
> WANT EVERYONE ELSE TO ACT LIKE THEY THINK IT SHOULD BE. this is not
> reality. everyone basically has to make their own choices and live
> with the consequences given the way things are in this world.
The anti- comment is remarkable. Hayek - or Ron Paul - couldn't have said it better himself.
SA